Exposure to the Chinese Great Famine in early life and thyroid function and disorders in adulthood: a cross-sectional study.

CONCLUSIONS: Famine exposure during the fetal stage was associated with a higher TSH level in adulthood. The fetal stage could be the critical period for programming the pituitary-thyroid axis. PMID: 33138723 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - Category: Endocrinology Tags: Thyroid Source Type: research