Relationship between maternal and neonatal thyroid function in a high iodine area
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1000-4955.2012.01.010
- VernacularTitle:高碘地区孕妇与新生儿甲状腺功能关系的研究
- Author:
Wei, WEI
;
Hua, LIU
;
Shu-fen, ZHANG
;
Zhong-na, SANG
;
Gui-qin, ZHANG
;
Na, ZHAO
;
Long, TAN
;
Wan-qi, ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Iodine;
Pregnant women;
Infant,newborn;
Thyroid gland
- From:Chinese Journal of Endemiology
2012;31(1):37-39
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To find out iodine nutritional status of pregnant women in the third trimester and the relationship between pregnant women and their neonates thyroid function in a high iodine area.Methods From April to June 2010,210 copies of fasting morning urine and venous blood,and their neonatal umbilical cord blood samples were collected in Haixing Hospital,Cangzhou city,Hebei province.Urinary iodine was determined by arsenic-cerium catalytic spectrophotometry.The levels of free triiodothyronine(FT3),free thyroxine (FT4) and sensitive thyroid-stimulating hormone (sTSH) in serum were measured by chemiluminescence.Results Median urinary iodine of 210 pregnant women(average age 27.69 ± 4.73 years) in the third trimester was 1240.70 μg/L,84.3%(177/210) of them was in excessive iodine nutrition,and only 0.5%(1/210) of them was in adequate iodine nutrition.The prevalence rate of thyroid diseases was 19.5% (41/210),and the spectrum of diseases were subclinical hypothyroidism(16.2%,34/210),subclinical hyperthyroidism(0.9%,2/210),hypothyroidism(2.4%,5/210) and hyperthyroidism (0,0/210).The number of newborns with sTSH 5 - > 10 mU/L were 104 persons (49.5%); 10 - > 20 mU/L were 44 persons(21.0%),and ≥20 mU/L were 16 persons(7.6%).Of pregnant women suffer from thyroid disease,the ratio(50.0%,24/48 ) of sTSH equal to 10.18 mU/L and > 10 mU/L of their neonates was higher than that of their corresponding non-ill pregnant women(6.78 mU/L,Z =- 2.867,P < 0.05; 22.2%,36/162,x2 =14.000,P < 0.05).There was a positive correlation between neonates' and their mothers' sTSH levels (r =0.278,P < 0.05).There was also a positive correlation between neonates' (sTSH > 10 mU/L) and their mothers' abnormal sTSH levels (r =0.240,P < 0.05).Conclusions Most of the pregnant women in high iodine areas are iodine excess.The level of neonates' sTSH is higher,and it is due to their mothers' abnormal sTSH and suffering from thyroid diseases to some extent.As a result,the monitoring of pregnant women's iodine nutrition and thyroid function and sTSH level of their neonates should be strengthened.