Risk of thyroid dysfunction after COVID-19 vaccination: meta-analysis of 11 million individuals
This thorough meta-analysis offers comforting proof of the COVID-19 vaccines' safety for the thyroid, with some protective benefits against Graves' disease and mostly neutral relationships with other thyroid conditions.
Authors
- Mazen Hassanin
- Yusef Hazimeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5090-5997)
- Adnan Mahmood Usmani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2366-7583)
- Jaffer Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8961-218X)
- Amr Ossama Gaber Arafa
- Hani Aiash (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9191-7479)
- Nelda Aprilia Salim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1732-7435)
- Noheir Ashraf Ibrahem Fathy Hassan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7865-4213)
- Eman A. Toraih (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9267-3787)
- Mohamed Mohamed Elnouty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9664-5206)
- Deepak Gir
- H Samuel
- Menna A. Shebl
- Ayesha Laraib-Ijaz
- Uday Atwal
Institutions
- Suez Canal University (EG)
- St. George's University (GD)
- Cairo University (EG)
- Welch Allyn (United States) (US)
- SUNY Upstate Medical University (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- Modern University for Information and Technology (EG)
- Institute for Excellence and Ethics (US)
- First Automotive Works (China) (CN)
- St. Joseph Medical Center (US)
- Weill Cornell Medicine (US)
- University of Missouri–Kansas City (US)
- Alexandria University (EG)
- Aswan University (EG)
- American University of Beirut (LB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Medicine and Surgery
- Published
- 2025-10-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ms9.0000000000004186
- Primary Topic
- Thyroid Disorders and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00