A prospective, observational clinical trial on the impact of COVID-19-related national lockdown on thyroid hormone in young males.

ABSTRACT: Trying to manage the dramatic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection spread, many countries imposed national lockdown, radically changing the routinely life of humans worldwide. We hypothesized that both the pandemic per se and the consequent socio-psychological sequelae could constitute stressors for Italian population, potentially affecting the endocrine system. This study was designed to describe the effect of lockdown-related stress on the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis in a cohort of young men. A prospective, observational clinical trial was carried out, including patients attending the male infertility outpatient clinic before and after the national lockdown for COVID-19 pandemic. The study provided a baseline visit performed before and a follow-up visit after the l

SUBMITTER: Brigante G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8007755 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature