Well-being, health-related quality of life and cardiovascular disease risk profile in women with subclinical thyroid disease - a community-based study.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether subclinical thyroid disease is associated with impaired health-related quality of life and a more adverse cardiovascular disease risk profile.

Design: A community-based cross-sectional study.

Setting And Participants: A total of 1423 non-healthcare-seeking women, aged 18-75 years were randomly recruited from the community via the electoral roll from April 2002 to August 2003.