Endocrine Abstracts

The quantification of TSH from a serum or plasma sample constitutes the cornerstone of assessing the thyroid axis in the clinical routine. In addition, T4 and/or T3 levels may be determined to diagnose pathological conditions. However, these data do not necessarily reflect the local action of thyroid hormone in the target tissues and are sensitive to distortion, as best known from pregnancy when chorionic gonadotropin disturbs the regular feedback control. Recently, we identif...

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate sex-specific associations of two established serum selenium biomarkers, i.e. total selenium and selenoprotein P with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) and hypertension in a large cohort of older people.Methods: 1500 participants with available selenium measurements from the Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II) were included in this study. In the serum samples, spectroscopy was used to quantify total selenium, a...