Ultrasonographic assessment of thyroid volume in oldest-old individuals.

Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the relationship between thyroid volume and age, gender, anthropometric characteristics, and echogenicity in oldest-old subjects in an iodine-sufficient area.

Subjects And Methods: The study included 81 independent elderly individuals aged ≥ 80 years (65 [80.2%] women).

Association between increased serum thyrotropin concentration and the oldest old: what do we know?

To assess studies that evaluate the relation between serum thyrotropin concentration, very old subjects, and their events. We searched the PubMed, SciELO, and LILACS databases for articles published between 2004 and 2012. Our search was restricted to studies involving humans aged 65 years or older, and written in English, Spanish, or Portuguese.