Open AccessDoes fasting or postprandial state affect thyroid function testing?
Author(s) -
Rakesh B Nair,
Shriraam Mahadevan,
R Muralidharan,
S Madhavan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.139237
Subject(s) - postprandial , medicine , affect (linguistics) , thyroid function , thyroid function tests , endocrinology , thyroid , diabetes mellitus , philosophy , linguistics
Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels vary with the time of the day and probably in relation to food. In this study, we addressed the question of whether a fasting or non-fasting sample would make a clinically significant difference in the interpretation of thyroid function tests.