background: to investigate thyroid function in preeclamptic patients in comparison with normal pregnant women. methods: in this analytical cross-sectional study free thyroxine (t4), and thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh) levels were measured in 100 preeclamptic patients and were compared with free t4 and tsh levels in 101 normal pregnant women in their third trimester of pregnancy. patients with...

Background: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the relationship between body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio, and lipid parameters and serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels in healthy euthyroid individuals.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted between June 1st and July 20th, 2013, at Bushehr University of Medical Sciences. One hundred forty euthyr...

Investigations regarding the relationship between bone mineral density (BMD) and thyroid function tests even in the normal range are limited. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between BMD with thyroid function tests in elderly people. This study is a part of a prospective study about health status of the elderly people in Amirkola city (AHAP) which is on...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The existence of an association between thyrotropin (thyroid stimulating hormone, TSH) levels and metabolic derangement in euthyroid subjects is controversial. We examined the association between high normal TSH levels and metabolic syndrome in healthy young women. METHODS The study recruited 2,760 young female volunteers (age, 18 to 39 years) with TSH levels in the normal ran...

One hundred and eighty euthyroid pregnant women were selected at the end of the first trimester of gestation on the basis of biochemical criteria of excessive thyroid stimulation, defined as supranormal serum thyroglobulin (TG > 20 micrograms/L) associated with a low normal free T4 index (< 1.23) and/or an increased T3/T4 ratio (> 25 x 10(-3)). Women were randomized in a double blind protocol i...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of mass screening of newborns for congenital hypothyroidism of central origin (CH-C) by measurement of free thyroxine (FT(4)) and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH). DESIGN Questionnaire-based survey of CH-C patients born between 1999 and 2008 in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan. METHODS TSH and FT(4) levels in dried blood spots on filter paper were measured...

BACKGROUND Basal TSH levels reflect the metabolic status of thyroid function, however the definition and interpretation of the basal levels of TSH is a matter of controversial debate. The aim of this study was to evaluate basal TSH levels in relation to the physiological response to i.v. TRH stimulation. METHODS A series of 2570 women attending a specialized endocrine unit were evaluated. A s...

The increasing awareness of the importance of the proper maternal thyroid function for fetal development prompted the development of guidelines on thyroid diseases in pregnancy. They have been created based on trial results as well as the personal experience of experts. The main differences between guidelines published by the Endocrine Society (ES, 2007, revised in 2012), the American Thyroid A...