مجلة التربية والعلم (Nov 1999)

Effect of smoking on thyroid diseases in older people

  • Nawal Younis

DOI
https://doi.org/10.33899/edusj.1999.51509
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 1
pp. 56 – 65

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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.

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