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  • Title: [Evaluation of thyroid function during pregnancy: first-trimester reference intervals for thyroid-stimulating hormone and free thyroxine].
    Author: García de Guadiana Romualdo L, González Morales M, Martín-Ondarza González Mdel C, Martín García E, Martínez Uriarte J, Blázquez Abellán A, Nuevo García J.
    Journal: Endocrinol Nutr; 2010; 57(7):290-5. PubMed ID: 20655816.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The physiological changes that occur during pregnancy affect the physiology of the thyroid gland. Consequently, interpretation of thyroid function markers during pregnancy requires trimester-specific reference intervals. The aims of our study were to: 1) establish first-trimester reference intervals for biochemical markers of thyroid function [thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and free thyroxine (T4)] and 2) to establish the prevalence of autoimmune thyroid disease in pregnant women resident in Cartagena (Murcia, Spain). PATIENTS AND METHOD: A total of 441 women between weeks 11 and 13 of pregnancy were included in this study. A blood sample was extracted from all women to measure TSH, free T4 and antithyroid antibodies. Reference intervals for TSH and free T4 were determined in 400 pregnant women without autoimmune thyroid disease or known thyroid disease. RESULTS: Autoimmune thyroid disease was detected in 23 pregnant women (5.2%) who showed TSH levels higher than those in pregnant women without thyroid autoimmunity. First-trimester reference intervals were as follows: TSH: 0.130-3.710 mUI/L; free T4: 0.89-1.50 ng/dL. These reference intervals differed from the non-pregnant reference intervals used in our laboratory. CONCLUSIONS: The reference intervals established are useful to evaluate thyroid function in women between 11 and 13 weeks of pregnancy. Interpretation of thyroid function requires intervals established in a reference population without autoimmune thyroid disease and with the methodology usually used to analyze these markers.
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