The relation between thyroid homeostasis and the biochemical parameters of subclinical protein malnutrition has been analyzed in schoolchildren in a rural area in the south of Italy, known to be moderately iodine-deficient. The sera of 32 children (15 males and 17 females aged 6 to 11 years) have been analyzed. These children were divided into two groups, according to thyroid function: (1) 16 euthyroid children (mean thyrotropin [TSH] 2.38 +/- .35 mU/L; 6 with goiter) and (2) 16 subclinical hypothyroid children (mean TSH 7.32 +/- 1.68 mU/L; 6 with goiter). Retinol circulating complex (RCC) components were determined in serum by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and radial immunodiffusion and the essential and nonessential amino acid levels by ion exchange chromatography. Reduced retinol binding protein (REP) and transthyretin (TTR) levels were recorded in the sera of 11 of 32 (34%) and in 5 of 32 (16%) patients, respectively. The linear regression analysis revealed that REP and TSH levels were inversely correlated (r = -0.514; p < 0.0026). The REP levels were subnormal in 2 of 16 euthyroid and in 9 of 16 hypothyroid patients (Fisher test p < 0.023), and the mean REP levels were significantly reduced in the hypothyroid patients when compared with those of the euthyroid group (p < 0.0026). The retinol/RBP ratio was also significantly different between euthyroid and hypothyroid children (0.75 vs. 0.95; p < 0.0002). The mean essential amino acid levels, with the exception of methionine, were all in the normal range. The selected amino acid ratios confirmed that the patients were exposed to mild protein malnutrition. These results provide evidence that even mild protein-energy malnutrition may have detrimental effects on thyroid homeostasis in iodine-deficient areas.

Combined impairment of nutritional parameters and thyroid homeostasis in mildly iodine-deficient children / Centanni, Marco; G., Majani; F., Vermiglio; Canettieri, Gianluca; G., Sanna; F., Moretti; F., Trimarchi; Andreoli, Mario. - In: THYROID. - ISSN 1050-7256. - STAMPA. - 8:2(1998), pp. 155-159. [10.1089/thy.1998.8.155]

Combined impairment of nutritional parameters and thyroid homeostasis in mildly iodine-deficient children

CENTANNI, Marco;CANETTIERI, Gianluca;ANDREOLI, Mario
1998

Abstract

The relation between thyroid homeostasis and the biochemical parameters of subclinical protein malnutrition has been analyzed in schoolchildren in a rural area in the south of Italy, known to be moderately iodine-deficient. The sera of 32 children (15 males and 17 females aged 6 to 11 years) have been analyzed. These children were divided into two groups, according to thyroid function: (1) 16 euthyroid children (mean thyrotropin [TSH] 2.38 +/- .35 mU/L; 6 with goiter) and (2) 16 subclinical hypothyroid children (mean TSH 7.32 +/- 1.68 mU/L; 6 with goiter). Retinol circulating complex (RCC) components were determined in serum by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and radial immunodiffusion and the essential and nonessential amino acid levels by ion exchange chromatography. Reduced retinol binding protein (REP) and transthyretin (TTR) levels were recorded in the sera of 11 of 32 (34%) and in 5 of 32 (16%) patients, respectively. The linear regression analysis revealed that REP and TSH levels were inversely correlated (r = -0.514; p < 0.0026). The REP levels were subnormal in 2 of 16 euthyroid and in 9 of 16 hypothyroid patients (Fisher test p < 0.023), and the mean REP levels were significantly reduced in the hypothyroid patients when compared with those of the euthyroid group (p < 0.0026). The retinol/RBP ratio was also significantly different between euthyroid and hypothyroid children (0.75 vs. 0.95; p < 0.0002). The mean essential amino acid levels, with the exception of methionine, were all in the normal range. The selected amino acid ratios confirmed that the patients were exposed to mild protein malnutrition. These results provide evidence that even mild protein-energy malnutrition may have detrimental effects on thyroid homeostasis in iodine-deficient areas.
1998
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Combined impairment of nutritional parameters and thyroid homeostasis in mildly iodine-deficient children / Centanni, Marco; G., Majani; F., Vermiglio; Canettieri, Gianluca; G., Sanna; F., Moretti; F., Trimarchi; Andreoli, Mario. - In: THYROID. - ISSN 1050-7256. - STAMPA. - 8:2(1998), pp. 155-159. [10.1089/thy.1998.8.155]
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