Clinical Study

Thyroid Dysfunction and Autoantibodies Association with Hypertensive Disorders during Pregnancy

Table 2

Average levels of thyroid hormones and thyroid auto antibodies in cases and controls.

Thyroid hormoneCase ( 𝑛 = 4 8 )Control ( 𝑛 = 5 0 ) 𝑃 value

Anti TPO 2 . 2 7 ± 2 . 9 4 6 . 0 7 ± 9 . 0 2 𝑃 = 0 . 0 0 7
Anti TG 8 . 1 4 ± 8 . 1 3 8 . 7 5 ± 1 . 2 NS
TSH 2 . 0 3 ± 1 . 7 2 . 1 7 ± 1 . 4 4 NS
T3 1 5 2 . 5 ± 4 8 . 9 3 1 7 5 . 3 6 ± 5 8 . 0 7 𝑃 = 0 . 0 3 8
FT4I 2 . 0 4 ± 0 . 5 7 2 . 1 5 ± 0 . 4 8 NS
T3RU 2 3 . 3 8 ± 1 . 9 8 2 2 . 8 7 ± 2 . 7 1 NS
TOTAL T4 8 . 7 2 ± 2 . 2 9 . 3 9 ± 1 . 7 1 NS
FREE T4 1 . 2 8 ± 2 . 1 1 1 ± 1.3NS

NS: not significant ( 𝑃 value > 0.05).