Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Morbidity and mortality are associated with thyroid hormone levels in populations. This has invited a debate on what is the better parameter for assessment of thyroid function: the controlling hormone thyrotropin (TSH) or peripheral thyroid hormone measurements (thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3)).Aim: To assess the ability of TSH and total T4 (TT4) to discriminate between subtle differences in thyroid function.Me...

Background: Iodine nutrition relies on dietary intake. Marine foods are iodine rich, and they contributed markedly to the iodine intake among populations in Greenland. However, dietary habits are drifting away from the traditional diet dominated by iodine rich marine foods such as seal, whale, and seabirds. This led us to monitor iodine nutrition among populations in Greenland.Methods: Cohort studies were conducted in 1998, 2008, and 2018 including 50-69...