Akinsete Adeseye, Oyenusi Elizabeth, Odugbemi Babatunde, Odugbemi Tinuola, Temiye Edamisan
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Lagos/Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Lagos/Lagos University Teaching Hospital/Pediatric Endocrinology Training Center for West Africa, Nigeria.
J Thyroid Res. 2019 Mar 21;2019:1096739. doi: 10.1155/2019/1096739. eCollection 2019.
Thyroid disorders have been described in an adult population but are underreported in the pediatric population. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and describe the spectrum of thyroid abnormalities among HIV infected children on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) in Lagos, Nigeria. This was a cross-sectional study carried out at a teaching hospital with an antiretroviral therapy (ART) center. Serum levels of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), free triiodothyronine (fT3), and free thyroxine (fT4) were analyzed in 83 children living with HIV on HAART and 51 controls. The prevalence of thyroid dysfunction and correlation of fT3, fT4, and TSH with duration on HAART, age, CD4 count, and nutritional status were assessed. Thyroid abnormalities were seen in 9.6% of the children living with HIV comprising subclinical hypothyroidism in 6%, euthyroid sick syndrome in 2.4%, and overt hypothyroidism in 1.2% as compared to 2% subclinical thyroid disease among the controls (p= 0.15). Hypothyroidism was correlated with CD4 count and viral load. None of the patients had clinical features of thyroid disease. Thyroid abnormalities were more prevalent among children living with HIV and yearly screening with follow-up is advocated.
甲状腺疾病在成人中已有报道,但在儿科人群中报告不足。本研究的目的是确定尼日利亚拉各斯接受高效抗逆转录病毒治疗(HAART)的HIV感染儿童中甲状腺异常的患病率,并描述其范围。这是一项在设有抗逆转录病毒治疗(ART)中心的教学医院进行的横断面研究。对83名接受HAART治疗的HIV感染儿童和51名对照者的血清促甲状腺激素(TSH)、游离三碘甲状腺原氨酸(fT3)和游离甲状腺素(fT4)水平进行了分析。评估了甲状腺功能障碍的患病率以及fT3、fT4和TSH与HAART治疗时间、年龄、CD4细胞计数和营养状况的相关性。HIV感染儿童中9.6%出现甲状腺异常,其中亚临床甲状腺功能减退占6%,甲状腺功能正常的病态综合征占2.4%,显性甲状腺功能减退占1.2%;而对照组中亚临床甲状腺疾病占2%(p = 0.15)。甲状腺功能减退与CD4细胞计数和病毒载量相关。所有患者均无甲状腺疾病的临床特征。HIV感染儿童中甲状腺异常更为普遍,建议每年进行筛查并随访。