Affiliation:
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan
2. Hidaka Hospital, Takasaki, Japan
Abstract
Abstract
Context
We previously identified factors affecting thyroid status, including sex, age, and smoking.
Objective
In the current study, we increased the number of subjects examined and investigated the effects of these factors, particularly smoking and the thyroid peroxidase antibody (TPO-Ab), in Japanese patients with euthyroxinemia and serum free T4 levels within the normal range.
Participants
A total of 12,289 subjects who underwent health checkups were analyzed in a cross-sectional and longitudinal study.
Results
The mean age of subjects was 50 ± 10 years (age range: 21 to 88 years). Serum TSH levels and the prevalence of positivity for TPO-Ab increased with age in Japanese subjects with euthyroxinemia. Mean serum TSH levels were significantly lower in the smoking group than in the nonsmoking group except for women older than 50 years. Serum TSH levels were significantly higher in subjects with positivity for TPO-Ab than in those with negativity at all ages and in both sexes; however, smoking did not affect free T4 levels or positivity for TPO-Ab. Among men, the rate of smokers was significantly higher in patients with subclinical hyperthyroidism (25%) than in those with subclinical hypothyroidism (10%; P < 0.05). Furthermore, the results of the longitudinal study revealed a significant decrease in serum TSH levels 1 year after the start of smoking in men (P < 0.05).
Conclusion
Because smoking appeared to lower serum TSH levels in Japanese subjects with euthyroxinemia, their smoking status warrants careful consideration when evaluating subclinical thyroid function.
Subject
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
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