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Nephrol Dial Transplant (1993) 8: 402-406
© 1993 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association

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Increased prevalence of thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPO-Ab) in women with glomerulonephritis

K. W. A. Westman1,, E. M. T. Erfurth2, L. Hagmar3, P. G. Bygren1, U-B. Ericsson and M. Landin-Olsson4

1Department of Nephrology, University Hospital of Lund Lund 2Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Lund Lund 3Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital of Lund Lund 4Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Malmö, Sweden

Correspondence and offprint requests to: Correspondence and offprint requests to: Dr Kerstin W. A. Westman, Department of Nephrology, University Hospital of Lund. S-221 85 Lund, Sweden

In a cross-sectional study adjusting for age, gender, and catchment area, the prevalence of thyroid antibodies was assessed in 51 consecutive subjects with biopsy-proven glomerulonephritis and in 112 control subjects admitted for extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy treatment for renal stones. Women with glomerulonephritis had both a significantly greater prevalence of thyroid peroxidase antibodies (odds ratio 3.85, 95% confidence interval 1.04–14.3) and an increased prevalence of elevated serum TSH values (P=0.007). No such difference was found in men. The prevalence of thyroglobulin antibodies did not differ between the groups. It is suggested that the possibility of an autoimmune thyroid disease should be taken into consideration in patients with glomerulonephritis, particularly in women.

Keywords: glomerulonephritis; hypothyroidism; islet-cell antibodies; thyroglobulin antibodies; thyroiditis; thyroid peroxidase antibodies; TSH


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