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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Sviatlana Zhyzhneuskaya, Dr Jolanta Weaver, Dr Salman Razvi
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Background: There is little information regarding the natural history of subclinical hyperthyroidism (SH) due to Graves' disease (GD).Methods: A prospective analysis was conducted of patients with SH due to GD between 2007 and 2013 with at least 12 months of follow-up. SH was diagnosed if serum thyrotropin (TSH) was below the laboratory reference range (0.4-4.0 mIU/L) and when thyroid hormones were normal. GD was confirmed by either a raised TSH receptor antibody (TRAb) level or uniform uptake on Technetium scan.Results: Forty-four patients (89% female, 16% current smokers, and 5% with active Graves' orbitopathy) were diagnosed with SH due to GD. Over the follow-up period (median 32 months), approximately one third (34%) of the cohort progressed to overt hyperthyroidism, one third (34%) normalized their thyroid function, slightly less than one third (30%) remained in the SH state, while one person became hypothyroid. Multivariate regression analysis showed that older age and positive antithyroid peroxidase (TPO) antibody status had a positive association with risk of progression to overt hyperthyroidism, with hazard ratios of 1.06 ([confidence interval (CI) 1.02-1.10], p < 0.01) per year and 10.15 ([CI 1.83-56.23], p < 0.01), respectively, independent of other risk factors including, smoking, TRAb levels at diagnosis, and sex.Conclusions: A third each of patients with SH due to GD progress, normalize, or remain in the SH state. Older people and those with positive anti-TPO antibodies have a higher risk of progression of the disease. These novel data need to be verified and confirmed in larger cohorts and over longer periods of follow-up.
Author(s): Zhyzhneuskaya S, Addison C, Tsatlidis V, Weaver JU, Razvi S
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Thyroid
Year: 2016
Volume: 26
Issue: 6
Pages: 765-769
Print publication date: 13/06/2016
Online publication date: 10/05/2016
Acceptance date: 02/04/2016
ISSN (print): 1050-7256
ISSN (electronic): 1557-9077
Publisher: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/thy.2015.0470
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2015.0470
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