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Relationship between serum vitamin D and thyroid hormone profiles in male patients with alcohol dependence
Yu Liu1,2,3, Yayun Xu4, Yongmei Wang1,2,5
1Department of Material Dependence, Affiliated Psychological Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, China.
Background:
Alcohol dependence (AD) results in several medical problems including vitamin D deficiency and thyroid dysfunction. However, the relationship between these two complications remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to explore the relationship between serum vitamin D and thyroid hormone profiles in male patients with AD.
Methods:
A total of 117 male patients with AD were enrolled. Vitamin D deficiency was defined as serum concentrations of the main circulating vitamin D, 25-hydroxy vitamin D [25(OH)D], below 50 nmol/L. The AD patients were divided into two groups accordingly: 46 patients with normal vitamin D levels (normal group) and 71 patients with vitamin D deficiency (deficiency group). The levels of thyroid hormone profiles including total triiodothyronine 3 (TT3), total thyroxine 4 (TT4), thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), free triiodothyronine (fT3), and free thyroxine (fT4) between the two groups were compared. Correlation between the serum levels of 25(OH)D and thyroid hormone profiles was evaluated using simple correlation (Pearson's correlation) and multivariable analysis using linear regression models.
Results:
The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in male patients with AD is 60.7% (71/117; 95% confidence interval: 51.6-69.1%). Moreover, the serum levels of TT3 (t = -2.682, p = 0.009), TT4 (t = -2.033, p = 0.044), fT3 (t = -2.986, p = 0.003), and fT4 (t = -2.558, p = 0.012) in deficiency group were significantly higher than those in normal group. Post hoc power analyses showed that the power for fT3 was sufficient (power > 0.80). Furthermore, univariate analysis showed that the serum vitamin D levels were negatively correlated with the TT3 (r = -0.189, p = 0.044), fT3 (r = -0.350, p < 0.001), and fT4 (r = -0.198, p = 0.033) levels, while multivariate analysis indicated that only fT3 was independently related to the serum levels of vitamin D in male patients with AD.
Conclusions:
These results suggested that the serum vitamin D levels may be associated with fT3 in male patients with AD.
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