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Maraka, Spyridoula; Ospina, Naykky M Singh; O'Keeffe, Derek T; Espinosa De Ycaza, Ana E; Gionfriddo, Michael R; Erwin, Patricia J; Coddington, 3rd, Charles C; Stan, Marius N; Murad, M Hassan; Montori, Victor M
Thyroid (New York, N.Y.) 26, Issue: 4Journal Article
The impact of subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) and of levothyroxine replacement in pregnant women with SCH is unclear. The aims of this study were to assess (i) the impact of SCH during pregnancy on maternal and neonatal outcomes, and (ii) the effect of levothyroxine replacement therapy in these patients. Ovid MEDLINE In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE, the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, Ovid EMBASE, Web of Science, and Scopus were searched from inception to January 2015. Randomized trials and cohort studies of pregnant women with SCH that examined adverse pregnancy and neonatal outcomes were included. Reviewers extracted data and assessed methodological quality in duplicate. Eighteen cohort studies at low-to-moderate risk of bias were included. Compared with euthyroid pregnant women, pregnant women with SCH were at higher risk for pregnancy loss (relative risk RR 2.01 confidence interval (CI) 1.66-2.44), placental abruption (RR 2.14 CI 1.23-3.70), premature rupture of membranes (RR 1.43 CI 1.04-1.95), and neonatal death (RR 2.58 CI 1.41-4.73). One study at high risk of bias compared pregnant women with SCH who received levothyroxine to those who did not and found no significant decrease in the rate of pregnancy loss, preterm delivery, gestational hypertension, low birth weight, or low Apgar score. SCH during pregnancy is associated with multiple adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes. The value of levothyroxine therapy in preventing these adverse outcomes remains uncertain.
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