Clinical Medicine of China 2013;29(10):1104-1107
doi:10.3760/cma.j.issn.1008-6315.2013.10.031
Clinical effect of levothyroxine tablets on subclinical hypothyroidism in pregnancy
Xilian LI
Keywords
Pregnancy; Subclinical; hypothyroidism; Levothyroxine; tablets; Effect
Country
China
Language
Chinese
Abstract
Objective To investigate the effect of levothyroxine tablets on subclinical hypothyroidism in pregnancy.Methods One hundred and twenty patients with the subclinical hypothyroidism in hospital were divided into four groups,subclinical hypothyroidism + TPOAb (+) treatment group (39 cases),subclinical hypothyroidism + TPOAb(+) untreated group (15 cases),subclinical hypothyroidism + TPOAb (-) treatment group(26 cases) and subclinical hypothyroidism + TPOAb (-) untreated group (40 cases).Patients in the treatment groups were administrated with levothyroxine tablets.Results The levels of thyroid stimulating hormone(TSH) in subclinical hypothyroidism and TPOAb(+) treatment group were significantly lower(16-20 weeks and 28-32 weeks) at after treatment,which was also lower than that in B group(t =5.671,6.661,P < 0.001).Compared with the untreated group,there was a significant difference in terms of average gestational age,fetal weight ((39.3 ± 1.6) weeks vs.(37.9 ± 1.4) weeks ; (3524 ± 562) g vs.(3101 ± 351) g,t =4.561,7.834,P < 0.001) between A and B groups.In B group,premature birth,gestational hypertension,incidence of placental abruption were significantly higher than that in A group (26.67% and 2.56%,x2 =7.490,P < 0.001 ; 5.13% and 40.00%,x2 =10.438,P < 0.001 ; 0 and 13.33%,x2 =5.400,P =0.020).In C group after 16 weeks of treatment,TSH levels at (16-20) weeks and (28-32) weeks were significantly decreased.Compared with the D group,the differences were statistically significant (t =4.980 and 5.432,both P < 0.001).There was no significant difference in C group and D group in terms of pregnancy outcome (P > 0.05).Conclusion Patients with gestational subclinical hypothyroidism such as mergers TPOAb(+) should be treated in time.Prompt treatment can significantly reduce the incidence of adverse pregnancy outcomes,but if patient with TPOAb(-),It is recommended not to conduct any treatment.
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