Rumeng Chen, Zhiwei Zheng, Menghua Liu, Yining Ding, Shuling Xu, Chunyan Hou, Meihua Bao, Binsheng He, Jia Liu, Sen Li
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Abstract
Objective: To investigate whether anxiety modifies the association between hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis hormone levels and comorbid metabolic disorders (CMDs).
Methods: Data from 7298 NHANES (2007-2012) participants were used to examine associations between HPT axis hormones and CMDs. Weighted logistic and robust Poisson regressions estimated associations; restricted cubic splines (RCS) assessed nonlinear trends; weighted quantile sum (WQS) regression evaluated combined hormone effects. Interaction and stratified analyses were conducted to assess modification by anxiety.
Results: HPT axis hormones showed significant associations with CMDs. Higher FT3 was inversely associated with congestive heart failure (CHF), coronary heart disease (CHD), and diabetes, but positively linked to CMD conditions, hypertension, obesity, dyslipidemia, and Metabolic syndrome (MetS). FT4 was negatively associated with obesity and dyslipidemia, yet positively with CHF, stroke and diabetes. Anxiety significantly modified these associations, notably FT3 with MetS (Pinteraction = 0.035) and TT3 with diabetes (Pinteraction = 0.001).
Conclusion: HPT axis hormones show significant associations with CMDs, with differing patterns observed across groups. Therefore, it is of clinical significance to pay attention to HPT function in the anxious population.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Affective Disorders publishes papers concerned with affective disorders in the widest sense: depression, mania, mood spectrum, emotions and personality, anxiety and stress. It is interdisciplinary and aims to bring together different approaches for a diverse readership. Top quality papers will be accepted dealing with any aspect of affective disorders, including neuroimaging, cognitive neurosciences, genetics, molecular biology, experimental and clinical neurosciences, pharmacology, neuroimmunoendocrinology, intervention and treatment trials.