Prevalence and Impact of Thyroid Disorders on Maternal Outcome in Asian-Indian Pregnant Women

Table 3

Comparison between TPOAb-positive and -negative women^#.

Variables	TPOAb + (𝑛=33)	TPOAb − (𝑛=322)	𝑃 value
Age (yrs)	25.77 ± 4.24	25.09 ± 2.54	0.372
Goiter (%)	23.8	15.2	0.301
Family history (%)	3.03	4.23	0.897
Past H/O miscarriages (%)	19.93	20.6	0.892
Infertility treatment (%)	2.56	2.46	0.580
TSH (μIU/mL)	3.88 ± 1.2	1.24 ± 1.2	<0.001
Mean TPO titers (IU/mL)	352.92 ± 335.6	14.71 ± 5.2	<0.001
Any complication* (%)	19.04	12.8	0.463
Miscarriage (%)	24.24	7.76	0.005
Preterm delivery (%)	9.09	5.9	0.730
Stillbirth (%)	3.03	1.42	0.124
Full term delivery (%)	66.7	84.16	0.023
Birth weight (kg)	2.7 ± 0.63	2.6 ± 0.52	0.590

Complication* includes miscarriages, preterm delivery, pregnancy-induced hypertension, gestational diabetes mellitus, and intrauterine death.
^#Baseline data of patients who are lost to follow up is not shown. Patients in Group 6 and 7 are excluded.