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Approximately 83.0% of patients in both treatment groups receive TSH testing within a 1-year follow-up.
Practitioners should note that a high percentage of older adults on levothyroxine are monitored for TSH after initiating GLP-1 RAs.
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Approximately 83.0% of patients in both treatment groups receive a TSH testing within a 1-year follow-up.
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Based on the retrospective cohort study design.
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Patterns of TSH test after GLP-1 RAs initiation in patients on levothyroxine: a trial emulation study
Yishan Chen et al. · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2026
DOI 10.1210/clinem/dgag131
cohort · n=5370Cited 1×
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