Atopy as a risk factor for subclinical hypothyroidism development in children
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Marcella Pedullà
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Laura Perrone
Abstract
Background:
Increased thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) serum concentration can be a marker of subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) or transient hyperthyrotropinemia. The aim of our study was to evaluate whether high serum TSH concentrations in allergic children could represent true SCH or isolated and transient hyperthyrotropinemia.
Methods:
We enrolled 620 allergic children (1.11–12.8 years) consecutively attending to our department. They were classified as atopics and non-atopics on the basis of the atopy work-up and, at baseline, they were investigated for thyroid function and low-grade inflammation state. Further, TSH was evaluated after 6 (T1) and 12 (T2) months.
Results:
Both atopics and non-atopics showed higher SCH prevalence compared to controls (p=0.0055 and p=0.02, respectively), and a significant association between atopy and SCH (OR 10.11, 95% CI 1.36–75.12) was found. Both at T1 and T2, atopics had a significant risk of developing severe SCH compared to non-atopics (RR 1.8, 95% CI 1.39–2.34 and 1.61, 95% CI 1.21–2.14; respectively).
Conclusions:
Our data may suggest that hyperthyrotropinemia in atopic children could be used as a marker of true SCH.
Author contributions: MP drafted the manuscript. MP, EMDG and LP participated in the conception and the design of the study. MP and LP designed and interpreted the biochemical evaluations. PM, ADS, GRU conducted the statistical analyses. VF and FC examined the patients, collected anthropometric data, and EMDG supervised the design and execution of the study. All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
Research funding: None declared.
Employment or leadership: None declared.
Honorarium: None declared.
Competing interests: The funding organization(s) played no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the report for publication.
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- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Endocrine aspects in cystic fibrosis
- Original Articles
- A retrospective analysis of longitudinal changes in bone mineral content in cystic fibrosis
- Cystic-fibrosis related-diabetes (CFRD) is preceded by and associated with growth failure and deteriorating lung function
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- Concentrations of leptin, adiponectin and other metabolic parameters in non-obese children with Down syndrome
- Parent reported nutritional risk and laboratory indices of cardiometabolic risk and in preschool-aged children
- Multinodular goiter in children: treatment controversies
- Atopy as a risk factor for subclinical hypothyroidism development in children
- Mutation analysis of the NKX2.5 gene in Iranian pediatric patients with congenital hypothyroidism
- Health-related quality of life among children with Turner syndrome: controlled cross-sectional study
- Growth and pubertal patterns in young survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- Clinical features and genotyping of patients with primary carnitine deficiency identified by newborn screening
- Letter to the Editor
- Sensitivity and specificity of cystic fibrosis-related diabetes screening methods: which test should be the reference method?
- Case Reports
- Type 1 rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata with a homozygous PEX7 mutation
- Severe hypertriglyceridemia at new onset type 1 diabetes mellitus
- 45,X/46,XY ovotesticular disorder of sex development revisited: undifferentiated gonadal tissue may be mistaken as ovarian tissue
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