Decreased basal and stimulated thyrotropin secretion in healthy elderly men

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
A van CoevordenJ Mockel

Abstract

To delineate the effects of aging on basal and stimulated TSH secretion, we studied the 24-h profile of plasma TSH levels and the TSH response to TRH stimulation (200 micrograms TRH, iv) in eight healthy elderly men, aged 67-84 yr, and eight normal young men, aged 20-27 yr. Subjects with thyroid antibodies against microsomal or thyroglobulin antigens were excluded. During the 24-h study, blood was sampled at 15-min intervals. TSH levels were measured by an ultrasensitive immunoradiometric assay. Sleep was polygraphically monitored, and circadian and pulsatile TSH variations were quantified using specifically designed computer algorithms. In older men, the 24-h mean TSH concentration was approximately 50% lower than that in young men (0.78 +/- 0.37 vs. 1.43 +/- 0.41 microU/mL; P less than 0.01), but basal T3 levels were only slightly lower (93 +/- 12 vs. 115 +/- 16 ng/dL; P less than 0.02), while basal T4 levels were normal. The normal diurnal variation of TSH levels, with a nocturnal acrophase and an afternoon nadir, as well as the pulsatile nature of TSH release were preserved in elderly men. When expressed in microunits per mL, the amplitude of these temporal variations was reduced in elderly men compared to that in younger s...Continue Reading

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