Healio

How should the TSH reference range be determined?

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Some people believe that the upper limit should be lowered to 2.5 mIU/L. They believe that if you take groups of ...
Healio

Polygenic score could provide individualized TSH reference ranges for disease-free adults

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Polygenic score was a stronger predictor of TSH levels than free T 4 in two study cohorts. Using polygenic score ...
Nature

Change in serum TSH levels within the reference range was associated with variation of future blood pressure: a 5-year follow-up study

All participants aged more than 18 years were from the stratified sample survey on thyroid diseases and type 2 diabetes in Shenyang city in 2007. In 2012, one community containing 623 subjects with ...
CMAJ

Levothyroxine prescribing and laboratory test use after a minor change in reference range for thyroid-stimulating hormone

BACKGROUND: Prescribing of levothyroxine and rates of thyroid function testing may be sensitive to minor changes in the upper limit of the reference range for thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) that ...
Medscape

Thyroid Hormone Reference Range May Not Apply for Cancer Patients

Researchers published the study covered in this summary on Research Square as a preprint that has not yet been peer reviewed. There was an inverse relationship between blood levels of ...