甲状腺功能与抑郁症的关联:一项历史上的队列研究
Junting Liu1, Brooke Ellen Delgoffe2, Rachel Gabor2
1Department of Internal Medicine, Marshfield Clinic Health System, Marshfield, WI.
Journal of psychiatric practice
|March 31, 2025
概括
低和非常高的甲状腺刺激激素 (TSH) 水平都与增加抑郁症的几率有关. 这种关联在各种患者群体中观察到,突出显示了甲状腺功能和心理健康之间的复杂关系.
科学领域:
- 内分泌学 在内分泌学.
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 关于甲状腺功能障碍与抑郁症之间的关联,存在不一致的证据.
- 甲状腺刺激激素 (TSH) 是甲状腺功能的一个关键指标.
- 抑郁症是一种普遍存在的心理健康状况,具有重大公共健康影响.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究甲状腺刺激激素 (TSH) 水平与抑郁症之间的关系.
- 为了确定TSH水平是否与临床相关的抑郁症有关,使用患者健康问卷-9 (PHQ-9).
主要方法:
- 一项基于人口的研究,包括来自马什菲尔德诊所卫生系统 (2015-2020) 的31,099名成年患者.
- 包括在2周内完成TSH水平和PHQ-9分数的患者.
- 用对共变量调整后的后勤回归分析来评估TSH水平和抑郁症之间的关联 (PHQ-9分数≥10).
主要成果:
- 与没有抑郁症的患者相比,患有临床相关抑郁症的患者表现出更高的TSH水平 (P=0.01).
- 低TSH (<0.5 mIU/L) 和非常高的TSH (≥10 mIU/L) 水平都与抑郁症的几率增加有关 (分别为OR 1.30和1.50).
- 在包括情绪障碍患者,女性,年轻人以及未经治疗的甲状腺疾病患者在内的子组中发现了类似的关联.
结论:
- 在一项大型横截面研究中,低和非常高的TSH水平与更高的抑郁症几率有关.
- 这些关联在几个子组中是一致的,表明甲状腺功能对抑郁风险的广泛影响.
- 需要进一步的大型前性研究来阐明TSH水平与临床抑郁症之间的因果关系.
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