Research Article
Impact of Maternal Thyroperoxidase Status on Fetal Body and Brain Size
Table 1
Selected sociodemographic characteristics by TPO status of pregnant women in the study.
| | | TPO positive () | TPO negative () | value |
| | Maternal age | | | | | Mean (±SD) | 29.31 (±6.28) | 28.18 (±5.79) | 0.19 | | Race/ethnicity | | | | | White | 29 (50.00%) | 224 (47.66%) | 0.48 | | Black | 8 (13.79%) | 97 (20.64%) | | Hispanic | 18 (31.03%) | 115 (24.46%) | | Other | 3 (5.17%) | 34 (7.23%) | | Married | | | | | Yes | 37 (63.79%) | 272 (58.00%) | 0.40 | | Parity | | | | | Nulliparous | 17 (29.82%) | 148 (31.56%) | 0.79 | | Smoking | | | | | Yes | 2 (3.45%) | 28 (6.00%) | 0.76 | | Body mass index (BMI) | | | | | Overweight/obese | 39 (67.24%) | 301 (64.04%) | 0.63 |
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