Agreement between routinely used immunoassays for thyroid function testing in non-pregnant and pregnant adults.

Autor: Wigh IMN; Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark., Andersen L; Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark., Lundgaard MH; Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.; Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark., Torp NMU; Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.; Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark., Karmisholt J; Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.; Department of Endocrinology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark., Andersen S; Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.; Department of Geriatrics, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark., Andersen SL; Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.; Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Clinical endocrinology [Clin Endocrinol (Oxf)] 2024 Jul; Vol. 101 (1), pp. 69-77. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 17.
DOI: 10.1111/cen.15062
Abstrakt: Objective: Thyroid function tests are common biochemical analyses, and agreement between the routinely used immunoassays is important for diagnosis and monitoring of thyroid disease. Efforts are continuously made to align the biochemical assays, and we aimed to evaluate the agreement between immunoassays used in a clinical laboratory setting among non-pregnant and pregnant adults.
Design: Cross-sectional study.
Participants: Serum samples were obtained from 192 blood donors (non-pregnant adults) and from 86 pregnant women in the North Denmark Region with no known thyroid disease.
Measurements: Each sample was used for measurement of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) with the routinely used automatic immunoassays in the regional Departments of Clinical Biochemistry (Alinity, Abbott Laboratories, Cobas, Roche Diagnostics, and Atellica, Siemens Healthineers) and reported as the median with 95% confidence interval (95% CI).
Results: In nonpregnant adults, the level of TSH was higher with Cobas and Atellica than with Alinity as reflected by median (Alinity: 1.39 mIU/L (95% CI: 1.30-1.51 mIU/L); Cobas: 1.57 mIU/L (95% CI: 1.48-1.75 mIU/L); Atellica: 1.74 mIU/L (95% CI: 1.61-1.83 mIU/L)). Similarly, a trend was seen towards higher median TSH with Cobas than with Alinity among pregnant women (Alinity: 1.90 mIU/L (95% CI: 1.37-2.82 mIU/L); Cobas: 2.33 mIU/L (95% CI: 1.69-3.62 mIU/L)).
Conclusion: Results of thyroid function tests obtained with different immunoassays were not interchangeable when evaluated among pregnant and non-pregnant adults. The distinct differences are relevant for clinical decision making and emphasize the necessity of clinical laboratory information when different assays are used for diagnosis and monitoring of patients with thyroid disease.
(© 2024 The Authors. Clinical Endocrinology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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