Table 3.
Associations between maternal TSH and fT4 and the outcomes LGA and SGA (OR per 1 mIU/L increase in TSH/ΔTSH and 1 pmol/L increase in fT4/ΔfT4).
| Associations Between Maternal Thyroid Function Parameters and Odds of LGA Infant | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline (gw5–12) | Gw19 | Gw32 | Gw36 | |||||
| Hormones | OR (95% CI) | p value | OR (95% CI) | p value | OR (95% CI) | p value | OR (95% CI) | p value |
| TSH | 0.47 (0.26–0.85) | 0.012 | 0.58 (0.35–0.98) | 0.042 | 0.80 (0.47–1.36) | 0.415 | 0.77 (0.48–1.24) | 0.29 |
| fT4 | 0.92 (0.73–1.17) | 0.514 | 0.99 (0.77–1.28) | 0.96 | 0.91 (0.67–1.25) | 0.579 | 1.02 (0.77–1.34) | 0.903 |
| ΔTSH | 1.99 (1.10–3.61), p=0.023 | |||||||
| ΔfT4 | 1.25 (0.94–1.65), p=0.122 | |||||||
| Associations Between Maternal Thyroid Function Parameters and Odds of SGA Infant | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline (gw5–12) | Gw19 | Gw32 | Gw36 | |||||
| Hormones | OR (95% CI) | p value | OR (95% CI) | p value | OR (95% CI) | p value | OR (95% CI) | p value |
| TSH | P 0.93 (0.51–1.68) | 0.811 | 0.70 (0.43–1.29) | 0.142 | 0.86 (0.54–1.36) | 0.516 | 0.85 (0.53–1.37) | 0.507 |
| Μ 0.32 (0.14–0.71)*1 | 0.005 | |||||||
| fT4 | 1.08 (0.90–1.29) | 0.407 | 1.10 (0.87–1.39) | 0.414 | 1.05 (0.80–1.39) | 0.725 | 0.93 (0.71–1.23) | 0.623 |
| ΔTSH | 1.28 (0.80–2.07), p=0.307 | |||||||
| ΔfT4 | P 1.02 (0.77–1.34), p=0.914 | |||||||
| M 0.58 (0.40–0.84), p=0.004 *2 | ||||||||
*1p value for interaction= 0.035.
*2p value for interaction= 0.024.
M, metformin group.
P, placebo group.
The bold values represent statistically significant results.