Letter: Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Reference Range and Prevalence of Thyroid Dysfunction in the Korean Population: Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2013 to 2015 (Endocrinol Metab 2017;32:106-14, Won Gu Kim et al.)

Affiliations

¹ Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
² Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. SHINDONGYI@yuhs.ac.

Comment

Young Ki Lee et al. Endocrinol Metab (Seoul). 2017 Jun.

. 2017 Jun;32(2):302-303.

doi: 10.3803/EnM.2017.32.2.302.

¹ Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
² Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. SHINDONGYI@yuhs.ac.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Reference Range and Prevalence of Thyroid Dysfunction in the Korean Population: Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2013 to 2015.
Kim WG, Kim WB, Woo G, Kim H, Cho Y, Kim TY, Kim SW, Shin MH, Park JW, Park HL, Oh K, Chung JH. Kim WG, et al. Endocrinol Metab (Seoul). 2017 Mar;32(1):106-114. doi: 10.3803/EnM.2017.32.1.106. Epub 2017 Jan 23. Endocrinol Metab (Seoul). 2017. PMID: 28116874 Free PMC article.

1. Baloch Z, Carayon P, Conte-Devolx B, Demers LM, Feldt-Rasmussen U, Henry JF, et al. Laboratory medicine practice guidelines. Laboratory support for the diagnosis and monitoring of thyroid disease. Thyroid. 2003;13:3–126. - PubMed
1. Guan H, Shan Z, Teng X, Li Y, Teng D, Jin Y, et al. Influence of iodine on the reference interval of TSH and the optimal interval of TSH: results of a follow-up study in areas with different iodine intakes. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2008;69:136–141. - PubMed
1. Han MR, Ju DL, Park YJ, Paik HY, Song Y. An iodine database for common Korean foods and the association between iodine intake and thyroid disease in Korean adults. Int J Thyroidol. 2015;8:170–182.
1. Kim WG, Kim WB, Woo G, Kim H, Cho Y, Kim TY, et al. Thyroid stimulating hormone reference range and prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in the Korean population: Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2013 to 2015. Endocrinol Metab (Seoul) 2017;32:106–114. - PMC - PubMed
1. Kim M, Kim TY, Kim SH, Lee Y, Park SY, Kim HD, et al. Reference interval for thyrotropin in a ultrasonography screened Korean population. Korean J Intern Med. 2015;30:335–344. - PMC - PubMed