Atrial Fibrillation and thyroid function

[kreamtee]

Hello all,

Managed to get myself involved in a Twitter chain about the above. BTA posted this study which seems to show different things to some of the observational studies. The study authors say they need more research because of this, but just wondered if anyone on the forum had any thoughts on this. Have to say am not hot on Mendelian randomisation!

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/306...

Many thanks in advance for any thoughts!

[fiftyone]

I don't understand the research but I have never heard of or tested for thyrotropin??

[kreamtee in reply to fiftyone]

Thanks for the reply! Thyrotropin I believe is another name for TSH..

[fiftyone in reply to kreamtee]

oh right. thanks

[EMBoy]

As Benjamin Disraeli is supposed to have said - "There are lies, damned lies and statistics".

I'm a medical scientist and this was all gobbledegook to me.

[kreamtee in reply to EMBoy]

Haha! Indeed. It is a bit complex for me to appraise that is for sure!

[Aurealis]

The authors have declared an enormous number of conflicts of interest! Not sure I’d trust this…