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Effect of smoking on thyroid diseases in older people | ||
| Journal of Education and Science | ||
| Article 17, Volume 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-65 PDF (0 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.33899/edusj.1999.51509 | ||
| Author | ||
| Nawal Thanon Younis | ||
| Faculty of Nursing, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract In the present work thyroid hormones determined in older patients with hyper- and hypothyroidism compared with control. The results demonstrated a significant increase in the level of both Thyroxin and Tri iodo thyronine in hyperthyroidism patients, While a significant decrease in thyroxin in hypothyroidism compared with control. The research, involved also study effect of smoking on thyroid hormones. The result also demonstrated a significant increase in level of thyroxin in the smoker hyperthyroidism patients compared with non smoker, the result demonstrated increase of the percentage in the hyper- and hypothyroidism with the increase in the (smoking period and cigarettes number per/day and It is increased in females with hyperthyroidism compared with males while it is decreased in female compared to male with hypothyroidism. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| smoking; thyroid diseases; older people | ||
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