Background: Effect of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) on thyroid function of patients with obesity remains unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes in thyroid function before and after LSG in patients with obesity.
Methods: Data was retrieved from a retrospectively collected database of patients with morbid obesity and normal thyroid function who received LSG. At 12 months after surgery, changes of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), free thyroxine (FT4), free triiodothyronine (FT3), and intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) were evaluated. In addition, the correlation between thyroid hormone levels and body mass index (BMI) and other metabolic indicators and anthropometric parameters were analyzed.
Results: Eighty-five patients were included in the study. The concentrations of FT3 (5.7 ± 0.7 vs 5.1 ± 0.6, p < 0.001) and TSH (2.2 ± 1.0 vs 1.9 ± 0.9, p = 0.002) significantly decreased 12 months postsurgery, while mean FT4 levels increased from12.0 ± 1.9 vs 12.4 ± 2.0 pmol/L (p = 0.013). Furthermore, mean iPTH decreased from 53.3 ± 48.3 to 38.7 ± 13.2 pg/mL (p = 0.011). Multiple stepwise regression analysis showed that changes in LDL levels were an independent factor contributing to changes in TSH levels (β = 0.362, p = 0.001). Moreover, TSH did not correlate with BMI.
Conclusions: In this study, FT3, TSH, and iPTH were decreased in euthyroid patients with obesity after LSG, while FT4 was significantly increased. Changes in TSH were positively correlated with LDL, but no statistically significant correlation was found with BMI. Additionally, FT3, FT4, and iPTH were correlated with VB12, age, and BMI, respectively.
Keywords: BMI; Obesity; Sleeve gastrectomy; TSH; Thyroid function.
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