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. 2024 May 29;15:1388473. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1388473

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.