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Ethnic Differences in Maternal Thyroid Parameters during Pregnancy: The Generation R Study
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CONTEXT: Abnormal maternal thyroid function during pregnancy is associated with various complications. International guidelines advocate the use of population-based trimester-specific reference ranges for thyroid function tests. When unavailable, an upper TSH limit of 2.5 for the first trimester and 3.0 mU/L for the second and third trimesters is recommended. Although interindividual differences in thyroid function tests can partially be explained by ethnicity, data on the influence of ethnicity on TSH and free T4 reference ranges during pregnancy are sparse. DESIGN: Serum TSH, free T4, T4, and TPO-antibody levels were determined during early pregnancy in 3944 women from the Generation R study, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. RESULTS: The study population consisted of 2765 Dutch, 308 Moroccan, 421 Turkish, and 450 Surinamese women. Mean TSH levels were higher in Dutch and Turkish women than in Moroccan or Surinamese women (1.50-1.48 vs 1.29-1.33 mU/L; P < .01). Although no differences in free T4 were seen, T4 was lowest in Dutch women (142 vs 150-156 nmol/L; P < .01). Turkish women had the highest frequency of TPO-antibody positivity (9.3% vs 5.0-5.8%; P < .05) and of elevated TSH levels in the second trimester (11.0% vs 3.8-7.3%; P < .01). A comparison of disease prevalence between a population-based vs an ethnicity-specific reference range changed the diagnosis for 18% of women who were initially found to have abnormal thyroid function test results. CONCLUSIONS: We show ethnic differences in serum TSH, T4, and TPO-antibody positivity and found significant diagnostic discrepancies depending on whether population or ethnicity-specific reference ranges were used to diagnose thyroid disease.
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“Although the effect is modest, misclassification of abnormal thyroid function or restoration to euthyroidism can occur when stricter targets are used in pregnancy.21”
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Antithyroid drug therapy in pregnancy: a review of guideline recommendations
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“ethnicity, geography and iodine nutrition [26,27].”
Muller, I., Taylor, P. N., & Lazarus, J. H. (2018) · Annals of Thyroid · doi:10.21037/aot.2018.10.05 · Cited by 14
“Several factors influence thyroid status in pregnancy, including iodine status (16), hCG levels (11), ethnicity (27,43), body mass index (44), parity (44) and male foetal sex (44).”
Association between thyroid autoimmunity and gestational diabetes mellitus in euthyroid women
Sitoris, G., Veltri, F., Ichiche, M., Kleynen, P., Praet, J.-P., Rozenberg, S., & Poppe, K. G. (2022) · European Thyroid Journal · doi:10.1530/etj-21-0142 · Cited by 20
Association between thyroid autoimmunity and gestational diabetes mellitus in euthyroid women
Sitoris, G., & Poppe, K. G. (2022) · Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles) · Cited by 14
Donovan, L., Metcalfe, A., Chin, A., Yamamoto, J. M., Virtanen, H., Johnson, J.-A., & Krause, R. D. (2018) · Thyroid · doi:10.1089/thy.2018.0439 · Cited by 14
“Since ethnicity has an impact on thyroid test reference intervals in pregnancy (13), this may partially explain why the manufacturer’s reference range for TSH were not confirmed in this study.”
Hernández, J. M., Soldevila, B., Velasco, I., Moreno-Flores, F., Ferrer, L., de, A. P.-M., Santillán, C. D. L. L. R., Muñoz, C., Ballesta, S., Canal, C., et al. (2021) · Journal of Clinical Medicine · doi:10.3390/jcm10112444 · Cited by 13
“Due to the known influence of ethnic variations on the thyroid function parameters, we only considered comparisons with studies in the European Caucasian population [19].”
ResultMaternal Thyroid Hormone Programs Cardiovascular Functions in the Offspring
Pedaran, M., Oelkrug, R., Sun, Q., Resch, J., Schomburg, L., & Mittag, J. (2021) · Thyroid · doi:10.1089/thy.2021.0275 · Cited by 13
“These findings are of clinical relevance, as a large proportion of pregnant women display thyroid disorders (62), but there is a controversial discussion about whether pregnant women should be routinely tested (63).”
Khalil, A., Salih, B. T., Chinengo, O., Bardies, M. R. D., Turner, A., & Wareth, L. A. (2018) · Practical Laboratory Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.plabm.2018.e00098 · Cited by 13
Karakis, L. S., Kiyak, H. A., Okmen, B., Özdemir, Ç., & Türkgeldi, E. (2021) · BMC Women s Health · doi:10.1186/s12905-021-01299-0 · Cited by 13
“The normal range of thyroid hormones are known to vary with age, geographical location, and ethnicity of the patient population [7].”
BackgroundThyroid dysfunction in the era of precision medicine
Galofré, J. C., Díez, J. J., & Cooper, D. S. (2016) · Endocrinología y Nutrición · doi:10.1016/j.endonu.2016.04.009 · Cited by 11
Kianpour, M., Aminorroaya, A., Amini, M., Feizi, A., Janghorbani, M., Shokri, S., Yamini, S. A., Farghadani, M., Hekmatnia, A., & Gharib, H. (2019) · Hormone and Metabolic Research · doi:10.1055/a-0855-7128 · Cited by 10
“Thyroid volume was measured using ultrasound scanning by Philips affinity 70, superficial probe, 4–12 MHz (Made in the Netherlands), for all women by an expert sonographer (S.Sh.).”
ResultInfluentialHo, C. K. M., Tan, E. T. H., Ng, M. J., Yeo, G. S., Chern, B. S. M., Tee, N. W. S., Kwek, K. Y. C., & Tan, K. H. (2017) · Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM) · doi:10.1515/cclm-2016-0790 · Cited by 10
“Indeed, significant differences in serum TSH levels between ethnic groups have been addressed in the clinical guidelines of the American Thyroid Association [2] and reported in some previous studies [5, 9, 13, 14].”
BackgroundEstablishment of trimester-specific reference range for thyroid hormones during pregnancy
Nazarpour, S., Tehrani, F. R., Simbar, M., Minooee, S., Rahmati, M., Mansournia, M. A., & Azizi, F. (2018) · Clinical Biochemistry · doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2018.01.006 · Cited by 10
Grove‐Laugesen, D., Aaskov, C. U., Ebbehøj, E., & Knudsen, U. B. (2019) · Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica · doi:10.1111/aogs.13563 · Cited by 10
Thyroid function in neonates of women with subclinical hypothyroidism or hypothyroxinemia
Varner, M. W., Mele, L., Casey, B. M., Peaceman, A. M., Sorokin, Y., Reddy, U. M., Wapner, R. J., Thorp, J. M., Saade, G. R., Tita, A., et al. (2018) · Journal of Perinatology · doi:10.1038/s41372-018-0213-9 · Cited by 10
Tayier, R., Wang, C., Ma, P., Yuan, Y., Zhang, Y., Wu, S., & Zhang, L. (2022) · Biological Trace Element Research · doi:10.1007/s12011-022-03123-8 · Cited by 9
Li, M., Wei, Z.-T., Li, S., Feng, Q., & Li, J. (2022) · Frontiers in Endocrinology · doi:10.3389/fendo.2022.879443 · Cited by 7
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Pregnancy-related reference intervals for serum thyrotropin based on real-life clinical data
Canovi, S., Vezzani, S., Polese, A., Frasoldati, A., Schiatti, C., Preda, C., Zini, M., Vitiello, A., Foracchia, M., Comitini, G., et al. (2020) · Gynecological Endocrinology · doi:10.1080/09513590.2020.1756251 · Cited by 7
Euthyroid Thyroperoxidase Antibody Positivity during Pregnancy, to Treat or Not to Treat?
Korevaar, T. I. M. (2022) · Endocrinology and Metabolism · doi:10.3803/enm.2022.301 · Cited by 8
“Risk factors for TPOAb positivity are similar to those outside of pregnancy and include a higher age, iodine deficiency or excess and a family or personal history of autoimmune disease, while the link with multiparity remains controversial [4-7].”
BackgroundSubclinical thyroid diseases and isolated hypothyroxinemia during pregnancy
Locantore, P., Corsello, A., Policola, C., & Pontecorvi, A. (2021) · Minerva Endocrinology · doi:10.23736/s2724-6507.21.03391-5 · Cited by 6
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Gestational trimester-specific reference ranges for serum thyrotropin and free thyroxine in Japanese
FUSE, Y., Ito, Y., Shishiba, Y., & Irie, M. (2022) · Endocrine Journal · doi:10.1507/endocrj.ej22-0237 · Cited by 3
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Epigenetic regulation during placentation
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Guo, Y. J., Wei, B., Dai, W., & Xie, H. (2021) · Annals of Clinical Biochemistry International Journal of Laboratory Medicine · doi:10.1177/00045632211063142 · Cited by 3
Thyroid dysfunction in the era of precision medicine
Galofré, J. C., Díez, J. J., & Cooper, D. S. (2016) · Endocrinología y Nutrición (English Edition) · doi:10.1016/j.endoen.2016.09.004 · Cited by 3
Ethnicity-based variations in biological reference interval- A systematic scoping review
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An assessment of parents’ knowledge, awareness and practice regarding paracetamol use in children
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Trimester-specific reference ranges for thyroid function tests in South Indian women
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Use of Uterine and Ovarian Arteries Doppler Parameters for the Prediction of Infertility in Females
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“In addition, factors like ethnicity and body mass have been reported to influence reference range of thyroid hormones [7, 8].”
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“Forty-eight publications were included in the systematic review after removing studies with insufficient data [11, 13, 15, 17, 23–”
Metadata
- Authors
- Korevaar, T. I. M., Medici, M., de Rijke, Y. B., Visser, W., de Muinck Keizer-Schrama, S. M. P. F., Jaddoe, V. W. V., Hofman, A., Ross, H. A., Visser, W. E., Hooijkaas, H., Steegers, E. A. P., Tiemeier, H., Bongers-Schokking, J. J., Visser, T. J., & Peeters, R. P.
- Affiliations
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Peeters, Robin P.
- ORCID
- Venue
- The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Publisher
- The Endocrine Society
- Published
- 2013-09
- Volume
- 98
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 3678-3686
- ISSN
- 0021-972X (ISSN-L)
- 1945-7197
- OpenAlex
- W2133831600
- Cited by
- 150
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 37 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 2
- FWCI
- 7.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion)
- Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
- Erasmus Medisch Centrum
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Thyroid Disorders and Treatments
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Medical Laboratory Technology › Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Keywords
- maternal thyroid function, pregnancy, ethnic differences, thyroid-stimulating hormone, free thyroxine, total thyroxine, thyroid peroxidase antibodies, thyroid autoimmunity, thyroid disease diagnosis, Generation R Study
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Female, Humans, Iodide Peroxidase, Netherlands, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Reference Values, Thyroid Diseases, Thyroid Function Tests, Thyrotropin, Thyroxine, Triiodothyronine, Prevalence
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