Short-Term Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with Subclinical Hypothyroidism: A Comparative Approach of Iranian and American Guidelines

Table 5

Frequency of positive anti-TPO Ab in control cases with increasing TSH required to treatment with levothyroxine during the follow-up period according to Iranian guidelines.

Variable		Convert control group to treatment		Total	p value
		Yes (number (%))	No (number (%))
Anti-TPO Ab positivity	Yes	4 (44.44)	26 (67.86)	30 (100.00)	0.008
	No	5 (56.55)	4 (33.13)	9 (100.00)
Trimester of pregnancy	First	1 (11.11)	10 (33.33)	11 (20.28)	0.059
	Second	5 (55.56)	13 (33.43)	18 (15.46)
	Third	3 (33.33)	7 (34.23)	10 (64.25)
Total		9 (100.00)	30 (100.00)	39 (100.00)