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Smoke exposure is associated with a lower prevalence of serum thyroid autoantibodies and thyrotropin concentration elevation and a higher prevalence of mild thyrotropin concentration suppression in the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)
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The scientists measured the participants body composition a breakdown of their fat, muscle, and bone using two scans: dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and bioelectric impedance analysis
[PubMed: 15851639] McMahan CA, Gidding SS, Malcom GT, Tracy RE, Strong JP, McGill HC