Effect of Levothyroxine on Pregnancy Outcomes in Pregnant Women With Hypothyroxinemia: An Interventional Study. 2022

Guohua Li, and Yang Liu, and Xiujuan Su, and Shijia Huang, and Xiaosong Liu, and Qiaoling Du
Department of Reproductive Immunology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.

Adverse maternal outcomes and perinatal complications are associated with maternal hypothyroidism. However, the utility of levothyroxine (L-T4) in the treatment of pregnant women with hypothyroxinemia is unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of L-T4 on maternal and perinatal outcomes in pregnant women with hypothyroxinemia. The nonrandomized interventional study was conducted at Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Punan Hospital of Shanghai, and Beicai Community Health Center of Shanghai. The pregnant women with hypothyroxinemia from the first trimester were enrolled and divided into treatment and control groups. 463 taking L-T4 and 501 not administering L-T4 were analyzed in the study. All participants were screened for TPOAB/TGAB antibody status. The primary outcome of the study was the hypertensive disorder of pregnancy (HDP), measured as the proportion of HDP. In addition to this primary outcome, some secondary outcomes will be measured: miscarriage, gestational diabetes mellitus, premature rupture of membranes, placental abruption, intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, fetal distress, macrosomia, and neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The effects of L-T4 on the incidence of adverse pregnancy outcomes and perinatal complications were compared. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that L-T4 treatment (adjusted odds ratio = 1.78 [95% CI = 1.00-3.16], p = 0.04) significantly reduced the incidence of miscarriage. Otherwise, lower neonates admitted to the NICU were strongly associated with the L-T4 group (adjusted odds ratio = 1.36 [95% CI = 1.01 - 1.83], p = 0.04). There were no significant differences in the incidence rates of other adverse maternal outcomes and perinatal complications between pregnant women with hypothyroxinemia receiving and those not receiving L-T4 treatment. The incidence of HDP was not significantly reduced using L-T4 in pregnant women with hypothyroxinemia. The results of this study also showed that L-T4 treatment significantly reduced the miscarriages rate and the proportion of newborns admitted to the NICU.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D010920 Placenta A highly vascularized mammalian fetal-maternal organ and major site of transport of oxygen, nutrients, and fetal waste products. It includes a fetal portion (CHORIONIC VILLI) derived from TROPHOBLASTS and a maternal portion (DECIDUA) derived from the uterine ENDOMETRIUM. The placenta produces an array of steroid, protein and peptide hormones (PLACENTAL HORMONES). Placentoma, Normal,Placentome,Placentas,Placentomes
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D011248 Pregnancy Complications Conditions or pathological processes associated with pregnancy. They can occur during or after pregnancy, and range from minor discomforts to serious diseases that require medical interventions. They include diseases in pregnant females, and pregnancies in females with diseases. Adverse Birth Outcomes,Complications, Pregnancy,Adverse Birth Outcome,Birth Outcome, Adverse,Complication, Pregnancy,Outcome, Adverse Birth,Pregnancy Complication
D011256 Pregnancy Outcome Results of conception and ensuing pregnancy, including LIVE BIRTH; STILLBIRTH; or SPONTANEOUS ABORTION. The outcome may follow natural or artificial insemination or any of the various ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, such as EMBRYO TRANSFER or FERTILIZATION IN VITRO. Outcome, Pregnancy,Outcomes, Pregnancy,Pregnancy Outcomes
D002681 China A country spanning from central Asia to the Pacific Ocean. Inner Mongolia,Manchuria,People's Republic of China,Sinkiang,Mainland China
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000022 Abortion, Spontaneous Expulsion of the product of FERTILIZATION before completing the term of GESTATION and without deliberate interference. Abortion, Tubal,Early Pregnancy Loss,Miscarriage,Spontaneous Abortion,Abortions, Spontaneous,Abortions, Tubal,Early Pregnancy Losses,Loss, Early Pregnancy,Losses, Early Pregnancy,Miscarriages,Pregnancy Loss, Early,Pregnancy Losses, Early,Spontaneous Abortions,Tubal Abortion,Tubal Abortions

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