Abstract:Objective To investigate the effect of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) suppressive therapy on bone mineral density (BMD) and blood biochemical indexes in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) who had received 131I after surgery. Methods This study recruited 44 patients with DTC who had received 131I ablation therapy and were taking LT4 after surgery (TSH < 0.1 mU/L). After 6 month of ablation therapy, these patients would be hospitalized again to assess whether therapy was successful or the removal of metastases was needed. The patients' blood biochemical indexes were analyzed when they were hospitalized at the first time and the second time. Those blood biochemical indexes included GPT, GOT, AKP, GLU, BUN, Cr, Ca, P, TC, TG, HDL, LDL, CT, BGP and PTH. Besides, the indexes including the BMD of L1-L4, Neck, greater Troch and Ward's triangle were analyzed. The differences in the values were expressed as Δ. For example, ΔGPT = GPT1-GPT2. Results A negative correlation was found between age and Ward1, and the negative correlations of age with Neck2 and Ward2 were more obvious. The multiple regression equation also supported those results (Ward2 = 1.001-0.008 year). Age was positively correlated to ΔWard. The postoperative time interval (at average of 60.5 days) was negatively correlated to ΔBGP and had no significant correlation with BMD of any part. The TSH suppression time was negatively correlated to BGP2 and positively correlated to Neck2. Conclusions The combination of 131I and TSH suppressive therapy has little influence on BMD in a duration of 6 months. Age is negatively correlated to Ward. The older the patients, the lower the Ward and the larger the ΔWard. Neither postoperative time interval nor TSH suppression time has significant effect on BMD.