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The hypothalamus-pituitary transfer characteristic (HP curve) describes the relationship between plasma free thyroxine [FT4] and thyrotropin [TSH].<jats:italic>Objective<\/jats:italic>. We define the origin, types, causes, and effects of errors that are commonly encountered in TFT measurements and examine how we can interpret these to construct a reliable HP function for set point establishment.<jats:italic>Design and Methods<\/jats:italic>. The error sources in the clinical measurement procedures are identified and analyzed in relation to the constructed HP model.<jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>. The main sources of measurement and interpretation uncertainties are (1) diurnal variations in [TSH], (2) TFT measurement variations influenced by timing of thyroid medications, (3) error sensitivity in ranges of [TSH] and [FT4] (laboratory assay dependent), (4) rounding\/truncation of decimals in [FT4] which in turn amplify curve fitting errors in the [TSH] domain in the lower [FT4] range, (5) memory effects (rate-independent hysteresis effect).<jats:italic>Conclusions<\/jats:italic>. When the main uncertainties in thyroid function tests (TFT) are identified and analyzed, we can find the most acceptable model space with which we can construct the best HP function and the related set point area.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1155\/2013\/831275","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,9,8]],"date-time":"2013-09-08T21:01:39Z","timestamp":1378674099000},"page":"1-7","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["General Error Analysis in the Relationship between Free Thyroxine and Thyrotropin and Its Clinical Relevance"],"prefix":"10.1155","volume":"2013","author":[{"given":"Simon L.","family":"Goede","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Electronic Engineering, Oterlekerweg 4, 1841 GP Stompetoren, The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Melvin Khee-Shing","family":"Leow","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Endocrinology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore 308433"},{"name":"Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Brenner Centre for Molecular Medicine, 30 Medical Drive, Singapore 117609"},{"name":"Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Centre for Translational Medicine, National University of Singapore, 14 Medical Drive, No. 07-02, Singapore 117599"},{"name":"Office of Clinical Sciences, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore 169857"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"98","reference":[{"key":"1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1373\/clinchem.2009.140178"},{"key":"2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1373\/clinchem.2009.140194"},{"key":"3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1530\/EJE-10-0675"},{"key":"4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jtbi.2007.05.016"},{"key":"5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1210\/jc.85.6.2299"},{"key":"6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2265.2009.03534.x"},{"key":"7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1210\/jc.87.3.1068"},{"key":"8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1210\/jc.2009-1155"},{"key":"9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1089\/105072504323030924"},{"issue":"3677","key":"10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1607","DOI":"10.1126\/science.148.3677.1607","volume":"148","year":"1965","journal-title":"Science"},{"key":"11","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1365-2265.1998.00414.x"},{"issue":"201","key":"12","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"5","DOI":"10.1080\/003655999750042088","volume":"33","year":"1999","journal-title":"Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology, Supplement"},{"key":"13","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"65","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06217.x","volume":"900","year":"2000","journal-title":"Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences"}],"container-title":["Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/downloads.hindawi.com\/journals\/cmmm\/2013\/831275.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"http:\/\/downloads.hindawi.com\/journals\/cmmm\/2013\/831275.xml","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"http:\/\/downloads.hindawi.com\/journals\/cmmm\/2013\/831275.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,17]],"date-time":"2024-05-17T18:07:58Z","timestamp":1715969278000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/www.hindawi.com\/journals\/cmmm\/2013\/831275\/"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2013]]},"references-count":13,"alternative-id":["831275","831275"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1155\/2013\/831275","relation":{},"ISSN":["1748-670X","1748-6718"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1748-670X","type":"print"},{"value":"1748-6718","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2013]]}}}