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. 2012 Feb 29;1(1):34–40. doi: 10.1159/000336101

Table 4.

Responders’ recommendations for the measurement of TRAb during pregnancy in a woman with GD on ATDs and in a euthyroid pregnant woman previously treated with 131I or total thyroidectomy for GD

Timing of measurement GD on ATDs responders, n (%) Euthyroid GD after previous 131I or thyroidectomy responders, n (%)
No (never) 19 (11.2)* 35 (20.5)
Yes, in each trimester 29 (17.1) 17 (9.9)
Yes, in the first trimester and third trimester 25 (14.7) 21 (12.3)
Yes, in the first, and if positive in the third trimester 71 (41.8) 68 (39.8)
Yes, in the third trimester 23 (13.5) 26 (15.2)
Other 3 (1.7)a 4 (2.3)b
*

p = 0.026 compared to euthyroid GD after previous 131I or thyroidectomy.

a

Second trimester (n = 1), yes, trimester unspecified (n = 1), miscellaneous (n = 1).

b

Second trimester (n = 1), first trimester and if positive in each trimester (n = 1), depending upon the time lapse between 131I/surgery and pregnancy (n = 1), miscellaneous (n = 1).