Hashimoto's thyroiditis risk factors

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] are [risk factor 1], [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].

Risk Factors

Common Risk factors

• Female gender
• Family history
• Other autoimmune diseases like vitilgo, rheumatoid arthritis, addison's disease, type 1 diabetes and pernicious anemia.

Less common risk factors

• Hygienic environment
• Selenium deficiency
• Irradiation
• Drugs (cytokines, especially interferon-α, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, alemtuzumab)
• HHV-6 and Yersinia infection (low level of evidence)