Review Article
Thyroid Peroxidase Antibody and Screening for Postpartum Thyroid Dysfunction
Table 1
TPOAb prevalence and the risk of developing PPTD (adapted from [
4] with permission).
| Author (number of subjects in study) | Number/% prevalence of TPOAb (95% CI) | Number with PPTD | TPOAb +ve with PPTD | Risk ratio for PPTD in TPOAb +ve subjects (95% CI) |
| Shahbazian (1040) | 248/24 (21–26) | 119 | 73 | 5 (4–7) | Kent (718) | 86/12 (10–14) | 86 | 55 | 13 (9–19) | Furlanetto (284) | 13/5 (3–8) | 12 | 2 | 4 (0.9–15) | Lucas (579) | No information | 45 | 30 | — | Kuijpens (291) | 31/14 (11–19) | 15 | 10 | 17 (6–46) | Lervang (591) | 38/6 (5–9) | 23 | 20 | 97 (30–312) | Jansson (460) | 44/10 (7–13) | 30 | 23 | 31 (14–68) | Dahlberg (224) | 11/4.9 (2.1–7.7) | 12 | 11 | 58 (18.2–184.9) | Amino (507) | 62/12 (10–15) | 28 | 25 | 59 (18.6–192) | Totals (4914) | 586 | 419 | 279 | | Pooled estimate | 16.2% (16–16.4) | | | 5.7 (5.3–6.3) |
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