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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:

Overview

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The most potent risk factor in the development of [disease name] is [risk factor 1]. Other risk factors include [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].
Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] include [risk factor 1], [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].
Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] may be occupational, environmental, genetic, and viral.

Common risk factors in the development of euthyroid sick syndrome includes:^[1]^[2]
Iodine deficiency
Female sex and pregnancy
Radiation exposure
Elderly
Family history of thyroid disease
primary pulmonary hypertension

Less common risk factors in the development of euthyroid sick syndrome include:

↑ Curnock AL, Dweik RA, Higgins BH, Saadi HF, Arroliga AC (1999). "High prevalence of hypothyroidism in patients with primary pulmonary hypertension". Am. J. Med. Sci. 318 (5): 289–92. PMID 10555089.
↑ Marvisi M, Balzarini L, Mancini C, Mouzakiti P (2013). "Thyroid gland and pulmonary hypertension. What's the link?". Panminerva Med. 55 (1): 93–7. PMID 23474667.