Gender heterogeneity study on the depression of thyroid hormone and homocysteine levels in infertile patients / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

Objective To explore the gender heterogeneity of depression and thyroid hormone and homocysteine levels in infertile patients.Methods Totally 250 patients with infertility were selected in Tangshan Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital affiliated to North China University of Science and Technology from December 2015 to April 2017.The Self-Rating Depression Scale(SDS) was used to evaluated the patients's depression.The patients with infertility and depression were divided into infertility and depression group,and the patients with infertility but without depression were infertile and non-depressed group,patients with infertility and depression were divided into male infertility and depression group and female infertility group with depression,and the levels of thyroid hormone and homocysteine were measured respectively.Results ①The thyroid stimulating hormone and homocysteine levels in infertility patients with depression were significantly higher than those without depression ((2.045± 1.253) uIU/ml,(2.412± 1.236) uIU/ml,t=-2.287,P=0.023;(15.411 ±9.143) mmol/L,(19.129± 13.087) mmol/L,t=-2.467,P=0.014).②There was no statistically significant difference in the degree of depression between male and female infertility patients (x2=0.483,P=0.785).③ The levels of triodothyronine,thyroxine and homocysteine in male infertility patients with depression were significantly higher than those in female patients ((1.926±0.648)nmol/L,(1.712 ±0.416) nmol/L,t=2.457,P=0.015;(117.86± 19.311) nmol/L,(110.185± 18.999) nmol/L,t=2.434,P=0.016;(15.575±4.139) mmol/L,(12.277±3.921) mmol/L,t=4.982,P＜0.01),and the TSH was lower than that in the female group((2.496± 1.329) uIU/ml,(3.057± 1.583) uIU/ml,t=-2.303,P=0.023).④The TSH and Hcy levels of male and female infertility patients were significantly positively correlated with SDS indexes,and had a significant positive predictive power to SDS score.Conclusion The levels of thyroid hormone and homocysteine are different in gender in infertile patients with depression,and the thyroid hormone and homocysteine are related to the depression.so we should pay attention to the depression symptoms of infertility patients and the changes of their biological levels,especially the gender heterogeneity.

Confirmation and identification of the impurities in metolachlor using gas chromatography interfaced with orthogonal acceleration time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC-oaTOFMS).

The confirmation and identification of the impurities in metolachlor (a herbicde) by using gas chromatography-orthogonal acceleration time of flight mass spectrometry (GC-oaTOFMS) and gas chromatography-quadrupole mass spectrometry (GC-qMS) are described. For the accurate mass measurement can be carried by GC-oaTOFMS, the elemental compositions of molecular and fragment ions in the spectra are suggested. In the experiment the average of mass deviations between the measured and theoretical values was below 2.5mDa. Finally ten impurities were confirmed and identified. They accounted for 94% of the total impurities by weight.