Thyroid function parameters in normal pregnancies in an iodine sufficient population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this retrospective observational study was to describe thyroid function parameters (fT3, fT4 and TSH) in the course of normal pregnancies.

Methods

Data were obtained between 2006 and 2007 at the University Hospital in Innsbruck, Austria. The starting point was the identification of women who had had a normal birth as recorded in the birth registry of Tyrol. Thyroid function parameters were determined using methods implemented at the Department of Nuclear Medicine in Innsbruck.

Results

The fT3 and fT4 values were normally distributed. Grouping the results by trimester revealed the following values: 4.93 ± 0.59, 4.54 ± 0.48, and 4.27 ± 0.45 pmol/l for fT3; and 15.23 ± 2.43, 13.79 ± 1.99, and 13.32 ± 0.2.01 pmol/l for fT4, respectively. The values c

SUBMITTER: Moncayo R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4661549 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature