RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Most elderly patients with subclinical hypothyroidism do not need to be treated
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 221
OP 231
DO 10.3949/ccjm.92a.24098
VO 92
IS 4
A1 Xu, Risheng
A1 Abate, Nicola
A1 Ram, Nalini
A1 Little, Kristina
YR 2025
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/92/4/221.abstract
AB Whether subclinical hypothyroidism should be treated in elderly patients (≥ 65 years) is controversial. The authors argue for a personalized, wait-and-see approach rather than universal treatment, pointing out that randomized clinical trials have not shown that levothyroxine treatment makes any difference in terms of hard clinical end points, quality of life, or hypothyroid symptom relief in elderly patients with this condition.