Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders

Letter to the Editor December 14, 2007

Hypothyroidism in Patients With Asthma and Major Depressive Disorder

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Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry 2007;9(6):467-468

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Sir: Approximately 8% of depressed patients have at leastsubclinical hypothyroidism,1 compared to only 5% of the generalpopulation.2 An epidemiologic study found that hypothyroidismmay also be associated with asthma,3 although thisassociation is less well established than the association with depression.Depression is extremely common in asthma patients.4

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