ArticleJournal of endocrinological investigation2020
Association between iodine intake and thyroid autoantibodies: a cross-sectional study of 7073 early pregnant women in an iodine-adequate region.
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- Risk Factors for Thyroid Function Test Abnormalities During Pregnancy: A Systematic Review of the Literature to Validate Current Risk Factors and Identify Novel Ones.Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence of insufficient iodine intake in pregnancy worldwide: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Urinary iodine concentration and thyroid function in pregnant women with hypertensive disorders.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- Elevated Serum TSH Levels and TPOAb Positivity in Early Pregnancy are Associated with Increased Risk of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: A Prospective Cohort Study.International journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- Associations of Ambient Particulate Matter with Maternal Thyroid Autoimmunity and Thyroid Function in Early Pregnancy.Environmental science & technology · 2024Article
- Association of maternal thyroid peroxidase antibody during pregnancy with placental morphology and inflammatory and oxidative stress responses.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- A Bayesian model to estimate the cutoff value of TSH for management of preterm birth.PloS one · 2023Article
- Urinary iodine concentration and its associations with thyroid function in pregnant women of Shanghai.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Association Between Iodine Nutritional Status and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Beijing, China: a Single-Center Cohort Study.Biological trace element research · 2022Article
- Iodine nutrition status and thyroid autoimmunity during pregnancy: a cross-sectional study of 4635 pregnant women.Nutrition journal · 2022Article
- Iodine nutrition optimization: are there risks for thyroid autoimmunity?Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2021Review
- Iodoprophylaxis and thyroid autoimmunity: an update.Immunologic research · 2021Review
- Relationship between Gene Polymorphisms and Urine Iodine Levels on Susceptibility to Thyroid Peroxidase Antibody Positivity in the Chinese Population.European thyroid journal · 2021Article
- Understanding the Pathogenesis of Gestational Hypothyroidism.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2021Review
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purposeThe association between iodine intake and thyroid autoimmunity has been debated, especially in pregnant women. This study aimed to investigate thyroid autoantibodies and their association with iodine intake and hypothyroidism in early pregnancy.
methods7073 early pregnant women from an iodine-sufficient region participated in this study. Urinary iodine concentrations (UICs) were measured using an ammonium persulfate method. Serum thyroid peroxidase antibody (TPOAb), thyroglobulin antibody (TgAb), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), free thyroxine (FT4), and Tg were determined using an electrochemiluminescence immunoassay.
resultsIodine deficiency (UIC < 100 μg/L) was associated with higher risks of TPOAb positivity [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 1.64, 95% confidence interval [CI] (1.29-2.08)] and TgAb positivity [aOR = 1.44, 95% CI (1.16-1.80)]. Women with isolated TPOAb positivity, isolated TgAb positivity, or both TPOAb and TgAb positivity had a 14.64-fold, 7.83-fold, and 44.69-fold increased risk of overt hypothyroidism, and a 4.36-fold, 2.86-fold, and 6.26-fold increased risk of subclinical hypothyroidism, respectively. Moreover, the risks of overt and subclinical hypothyroidism in women with a high TPOAb titer were 16.99 and 4.80 times that in TPOAb-negative women, respectively. The risk of overt hypothyroidism in women with a high TgAb titer was 6.97 times that in TgAb-negative women.
conclusionsOur work demonstrates that iodine deficiency during early pregnancy is an independent risk factor for both TPOAb positivity and TgAb positivity. Furthermore, positivity for both autoantibodies and a high thyroid autoantibody titer are associated with significantly higher risks of overt and subclinical hypothyroidism.
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