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. 2020 Aug 26;20:491. doi: 10.1186/s12884-020-03176-4

Table 2.

Subject’s pregnancy and fetal outcomes in Euthyroid group and Euthyroid women with TPOAb positivity group

Euthyroid group (n = 837) Euthyroid women with TPOAb positivity group (n = 101) Statistics P
GDM (%) 174 (20.8%) 21 (20.8%) 0.000 0.999
Spontaneous abortion (%) 29 (3.5%) 6 (5.9%) 1.538 0.215
PROM (%) 137 (16.4%) 14 (13.9%) 0.419 0.517
HDP(%) 18 (2.1%) NA
Preterm Birth (%) 34 (4.1%) 7 (6.9%) 1.774 0.183
Fetal distress (%) 51 (6.1%) 7 (6.9%) 0.109 0.741
Low Birth weight (%) 29 (3.5%) 4 (4.0%) 0.063 0.802
Fetal macrosomia (%) 49 (5.9%) 8 (7.9%) 0.674 0.412
SGA (%) 15 (1.8%) NA
Infant
 Female infant (%) 399 (49.7%) 46 (48.9%) 0.019 0.890
 Male infant (%) 404 (50.3%) 48 (51.1%)
Birthweight (Kg) 3.35 (3.08,3.61) 3.32 (3.02,3.60) −0.856 0.392
Gestational age at birth (weeks) 39 (38,40) 39 (38,40) −0.760 0.447

Statistics: Birthweight and gestational age at birth for Mann-Whitney U test; pregnancy and fetal outcomes for chi-square test or Fisher test

Continuous data are expressed as median (interquartile range). Categorical data are expressed as numbers (percentages) of cases

GDM gestational diabetes, PROM premature rupture of membranes, HDP hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, SGA small for gestational age