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CHRONOBIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
Volume 38, Issue 3, Pages 301-317Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/07420528.2020.1865394
Keywords
Thyroid-stimulating hormone; triiodothyronine; thyroxin; season; circannual rhythm; climate
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This study found that TSH levels are higher in winter and FT4 levels are higher in autumn. T3 levels are significantly higher in winter compared to summer, and FT3 levels are lower in summer compared to autumn and spring. The study also revealed gender differences in the seasonal dynamics of TSH and FT4, showing pronounced increases in TSH levels in winter for women and significant increases in FT4 levels in summer for men. Seasonal dynamics of TSH did not change with respect to age. The extent of the seasonal dynamics of TSH is influenced by the annual dynamics of oxygen density in the air, as well as meteorological factors such as atmospheric pressure and relative humidity.
Seasonal dynamics in biological functions of mammals is regulated by melatonin-mediated circannual fluctuations in the secretion of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and thyroid hormones. Most anatomical and molecular structures responsive to photoperiod and melatonin secretion changes and the associated receptors are preserved in modern humans. This work aimed to determine the seasonal dynamics of TSH and thyroid hormone levels (total triiodothyronine (T3), free triiodothyronine (FT3), thyroxine (T4), free thyroxine (FT4) and to investigate the dependence of these variations on gender, age and amplitude of meteorological fluctuations. A meta-analysis of 13 panel and 7 cross-sectional studies was performed using Review Manager 5.3 (Cochrane Library). We found that circulating TSH levels were higher in winter than in other seasons, and FT4 levels were higher in autumn than in winter. T4 level had no pronounced seasonal dynamics. The level of circulating T3 was significantly higher in winter than in summer and FT3 levels were lower in summer than in autumn and spring. In addition, analysis of TSH seasonal dynamics (winter vs summer) accounting for gender differences showed pronounced increases in TSH levels during winter in women, but not in men; and also significant increases in FT4 levels during summer in men, but not in women. Seasonal dynamics of FT3 and T4 did not depend on gender. Seasonal dynamics of TSH did not change with respect to age. We also found that the extent of the seasonal dynamics of TSH is influenced by the extent of the annual dynamics of the partial density of oxygen in the air, as well as the magnitude of the annual dynamic of meteorological factors that determine it (atmospheric pressure and relative humidity).
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