Prevalence of Maternal and fetal complications associated with hypothyroidism in antenatal women

Abstract

Thyroid disorders are most frequent endocrine disorders disturbing women of reproductive age group. Which ismost regular thyroid disorder in pregnancy is maternal hypothyroidism and most impact on pregnancy outcome. In this study we have assessed the Prevalence of Maternal and fetal complications associated with hypothyroidism in antenatal women.A prospective observational study was done among 500 antenatal women registered in the Urban Health Trainingcentre of a Tertiary care hospital. Toassess based on TSH, Free T4 and Anti TPO antibody status along with Maternal and Foetal outcomes with respect to their Thyroid function status were also evaluated.The prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in pregnancy was
23.4%, subclinical hypothyroidism (19.6%) was the most commonthyroid disorder among these women.This study concludes that there may be an excessive prevalence of thyroid ailment in pregnancy. Subclinical hypothyroidism was determined to be the most important thyroid disease as in step with this study.