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In the same 2025 study of 480 referred patients, after adjusting for age and sex, the overall association between hypothyroidism and carpal tunnel syndrome was not statistically significant.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“after adjusting for age and gender, logistic regression analysis revealed a non-significant association between hypothyroidism and CTS”
Effect of Hypothyroidism on the Risk of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Electrodiagnostic Parameters, Abuzinadah, Neurology International, 2025, Abstract, Results.
Open the original- What it measures
- The same paper reports a higher crude prevalence in the hypothyroid group (79.7 percent against 61.8 percent), which fell away after adjustment for age and sex.
- What it does not show
- The study is a single referral clinic. It shows that the link depends on the adjustment used, so it is not evidence that hypothyroidism has no effect.