BACKGROUND: Previous studies have described an association with thyrotropin (TSH) levels, insulin resistance, and metabolic syndrome. We performed a cross-sectional analysis to investigate the relationship between TSH levels, insulin resistance, and metabolic syndrome using baseline data from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil). METHODS: Diabetics and individuals using medications that interfere in thyroid function were excluded, leaving 10,935 participants (54.3% women) for current analyses. Homeostasis Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR) values above the 75th percentile was considered as indicative of presence of insulin resistance. Logistic regression models were built using HOMA-IR and metabolic syndrome as the dependent variable, and quintiles of TSH as the independent variable (first quintile as reference). Odds ratios (OR) were presented with multivariate adjustment for socioeconomic/cardiovascular risk factors for insulin resistance, and adjustment only for socioeconomic factors and smoking for metabolic syndrome. RESULTS: Age, body mass index, waist measurement, fasting glucose and fasting and post load insulin and HOMA-IR increased according to TSH quintiles. Subjects in the fifth TSH quintile presented an OR of association with insulin resistance of 1.86 [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.26-2.75], regardless of gender. For the metabolic syndrome, subjects in the fifth quintile presented an OR of 1.21 (95% CI 1.01-1.45) and remained positive only for men (OR 1.37; 95% CI 1.07-1.76). Restricting the analysis to quintiles of TSH in the normal range did not change the results. CONCLUSIONS: In this cross-sectional evaluation, high TSH quintiles were associated to insulin resistance/metabolic syndrome.
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have described an association with thyrotropin (TSH) levels, insulin resistance, and metabolic syndrome. We performed a cross-sectional analysis to investigate the relationship between TSH levels, insulin resistance, and metabolic syndrome using baseline data from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil). METHODS:Diabetics and individuals using medications that interfere in thyroid function were excluded, leaving 10,935 participants (54.3% women) for current analyses. Homeostasis Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR) values above the 75th percentile was considered as indicative of presence of insulin resistance. Logistic regression models were built using HOMA-IR and metabolic syndrome as the dependent variable, and quintiles of TSH as the independent variable (first quintile as reference). Odds ratios (OR) were presented with multivariate adjustment for socioeconomic/cardiovascular risk factors for insulin resistance, and adjustment only for socioeconomic factors and smoking for metabolic syndrome. RESULTS: Age, body mass index, waist measurement, fasting glucose and fasting and post load insulin and HOMA-IR increased according to TSH quintiles. Subjects in the fifth TSH quintile presented an OR of association with insulin resistance of 1.86 [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.26-2.75], regardless of gender. For the metabolic syndrome, subjects in the fifth quintile presented an OR of 1.21 (95% CI 1.01-1.45) and remained positive only for men (OR 1.37; 95% CI 1.07-1.76). Restricting the analysis to quintiles of TSH in the normal range did not change the results. CONCLUSIONS: In this cross-sectional evaluation, high TSH quintiles were associated to insulin resistance/metabolic syndrome.
Authors: Emelia J Benjamin; Michael J Blaha; Stephanie E Chiuve; Mary Cushman; Sandeep R Das; Rajat Deo; Sarah D de Ferranti; James Floyd; Myriam Fornage; Cathleen Gillespie; Carmen R Isasi; Monik C Jiménez; Lori Chaffin Jordan; Suzanne E Judd; Daniel Lackland; Judith H Lichtman; Lynda Lisabeth; Simin Liu; Chris T Longenecker; Rachel H Mackey; Kunihiro Matsushita; Dariush Mozaffarian; Michael E Mussolino; Khurram Nasir; Robert W Neumar; Latha Palaniappan; Dilip K Pandey; Ravi R Thiagarajan; Mathew J Reeves; Matthew Ritchey; Carlos J Rodriguez; Gregory A Roth; Wayne D Rosamond; Comilla Sasson; Amytis Towfighi; Connie W Tsao; Melanie B Turner; Salim S Virani; Jenifer H Voeks; Joshua Z Willey; John T Wilkins; Jason Hy Wu; Heather M Alger; Sally S Wong; Paul Muntner Journal: Circulation Date: 2017-01-25 Impact factor: 29.690
Authors: Érique José F Peixoto de Miranda; Márcio Sommer Bittencourt; Itamar S Santos; Paulo A Lotufo; Isabela M Benseñor Journal: Eur Thyroid J Date: 2016-09-02