Dietrich Alte

TL;DR: Henry Volzke, y Dietrich Alte,1y Carsten Oliver Schmidt, Dorte Radke, Roberto Lorbeer, Nele Friedrich, Nicole Aumann, Katharina Lau, Michael Piontek, Gabriele Born, Christoph Havemann, Till Ittermann, Sabine Schipf, Robin Haring, Sebastian E Baumeister, Henri Wallaschofski, Matthias Nauck, Stephanie Frick, Andreas Arnold.

TL;DR: One objective of SHIP is to provide prevalence estimates on a broad range of diseases, risk and health factors for a defined region in the former GDR.

TL;DR: Female sex, age and being overweight are major risk factors for gallstone formation in this region where cholelithiasis is a frequent disorder, and sex-specific interactions between risk factors were found.

TL;DR: In multivariable analyses, average annual overall health care costs were significantly higher for individuals with sonographic fatty liver and increased serum ALT levels, suggesting that diabetes and cardiovascular disease might mediate the relation of fatty liver disease and health care utilization and costs.

TL;DR: The reference ranges of thyroid function tests in this formerly iodine-deficient region are distinct from the reference ranges that were established in areas with iodine sufficiency and creating a reference population in the present setting should include thyroid ultrasound in order to exclude yet undiagnosed thyroid disorders.