Bidirectional Interaction of Thyroid-Kidney Organs in Disease States

Figure 9

Distribution of various outcomes in thyroid-kidney disease. Dark gray column with three plus sign shows frequency of mortality in hypothyroidism patients, dark gray column with two plus sign is indicative of frequency of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in primary hypothyroidism and subclinical hyperthyroidism, dark gray column with one plus sign is indicative of hypertriglyceridemia in primary hypothyroidism, and light dark column shows hypercholesterolemia in hypothyroidism patients.