Jostel's TSH index

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Jostel's TSH index
Reference ranges for TSH, FT4, JTI and SPINA-GT.svg
Reference ranges for JTI and other thyroid function tests
Synonyms Jostel's thyrotropin index
Reference range 1.3–4.1
MeSH D013960

Jostel's TSH index (TSHI or JTI), also referred to as Jostel's thyrotropin index or Thyroid Function index (TFI), is a method for estimating the thyrotropic (i.e. thyroid stimulating) function of the anterior pituitary lobe in a quantitative way. [1] [2] The equation has been derived from the logarithmic standard model of thyroid homeostasis. [3] [4] [5] [6] In a paper from 2014 further study was suggested to show if it is useful, [7] but the 2018 guideline by the European Thyroid Association for the diagnosis of uncertain cases of central hypothyroidism regarded it as beneficial. [2] It is also recommended for purposes of differential diagnosis in the sociomedical expert assessment. [8]

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How to determine JTI

Jostel's TSH index can be calculated with

from equilibrium serum concentrations of thyrotropin (TSH), free T4 (FT4) and a correction coefficient derived from the logarithmic standard model (β = 0.1345).

An alternative standardised form (standardised TSH index or sTSHI) is calculated with. [1]

as a z-transformed value incorporating mean (2.7) and standard deviation (0.676) of TSHI in a reference population [5]

Reference ranges

Percentiles for Jostel's TSH index (TSHI or JTI) along with reference ranges for thyroid's secretory capacity (SPINA-GT) and univariable reference ranges for thyrotropin (TSH) and free thyroxine (FT4), shown in the two-dimensional phase plane defined by serum concentrations of TSH and FT4. JTI percentiles.svg
Percentiles for Jostel's TSH index (TSHI or JTI) along with reference ranges for thyroid's secretory capacity (SPINA-GT) and univariable reference ranges for thyrotropin (TSH) and free thyroxine (FT4), shown in the two-dimensional phase plane defined by serum concentrations of TSH and FT4.
ParameterLower limitUpper limitUnit
TSHI1.3 [1] 4.1 [1]
sTSHI-2 [1] 2 [1]

Clinical significance

The TSH index is reduced in patients with secondary hypothyroidism resulting from thyrotropic insufficiency. [1] [9] [10] [11] For this indication, it has, however, up to now only been validated in adults. [12] JTI was also found reduced in cases of TACITUS syndrome (non-thyroidal illness syndrome) as an example of type 1 thyroid allostasis. [13] [14] Conversely, an elevated thyroid function index may serve as a biomarker for type 2 allostasis and contextual stress. [15] [16]

Jostel's TSH index may decrease under therapy with the antidiabetic drug metformin [17] , especially in women under oral contraceptives. [18]

In two large population-based cohorts included in the Study of Health in Pomerania differentially correlated to some markers of body composition. Correlation was positive to body mass index (BMI), waist circumference and fat mass, but negative to body cell mass. [19] With the exception of fat mass all correlations were age-dependent. [19] Very similar observations have been made earlier in the NHANES dataset. [20]

In Parkinson's disease, JTI is significantly elevated in early sub-types of the disease compared to an advanced group. [21]

A longitudinal study in euthyroid subjects with structural heart disease found that JTI predicts the risk of malignant arrhythmia including ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia. [22] This applies to both incidence and event-free survival. [22] A second study in a different population undergoing coronary angiography arrived at similar results [23] . It was therefore concluded that an elevated set point of thyroid homeostasis may contribute to cardiovascular risk. A positive correlation of JTI to SIQALS 2, [16] a score for allostatic load, suggests that thyroid hormones are among the mediators linking stress to major cardiovascular endpoints. [24]

Jostel's TSH index and the thyroid feedback quantile-based index, another biomarker for the central thyrotropic function, were observed to be elevated in certain psychiatric diseases including schizophrenia [25] .

Another study demonstrated the TSH index to inversely correlate to thyroid's secretory capacity and thyroid volume. [26] It is unclear if this finding reflects shortcomings of the index (i.e. low specificity in the setting of subclinical hypothyroidism) or plastic responses of the pituitary gland to beginning hypothyroidism.[ citation needed ]

In subjects with type 2 diabetes, treatment with beta blockers resulted in increased TSH index, but the mechanism is unclear. [27]

Negative correlation of Jostel's TSH index to the urinary excretion of certain phthalates suggests that endocrine disruptors may affect the central set point of thyroid homeostasis. [28]

Drugs that reduce the TSH index, probably via effects on the central set point of the feedback loop, include mirtazapine [29] and oxcarbazepine [30] .

A reduction of Jostel's TSH index may predict the development of hypophysitis due to therapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors, e. g. ipilimumab [31] .

See also

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