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. 2021 Jun 28;34(9):1139-1146.
doi: 10.1515/jpem-2020-0733. Print 2021 Sep 27.

Diagnostic re-evaluation and predictors of congenital hypothyroidism with eutopic thyroid gland in Jiangxi, China

Shao-Hong Chen  1 , Bi-Cheng Yang  1 , Jiang-Ying Li  1 , Ping Xu  1 , Feng Wang  1
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Diagnostic re-evaluation and predictors of congenital hypothyroidism with eutopic thyroid gland in Jiangxi, China

Shao-Hong Chen et al. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. .

Abstract

Objectives: An increase in the incidence of congenital hypothyroidism (CH) with eutopic gland has been reported worldwide due to neonatal screening programs. In this study, we aimed to determine the prevalence of transient CH (TCH) and to investigate predictive factors that could distinguish between permanent and transient CH in patients with eutopic thyroid glands.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 508 children treated for CH with eutopic thyroid glands between June 1998 and June 2020 in Jiangxi Newborn Screening Center. All patients were treated with levothyroxine and underwent Diagnostic re-evaluation after 2-3 years of age. Patients were classified as having TCH or permanent CH (PCH) during follow-up.

Results: Of the 508 patients initially treated for CH with a normally located gland, 335 patients (65.9%) were classified in the TCH group and 173 (34.1%) in the PCH group based on the defined criteria. Multivariate analysis revealed that TCH was associated with a lower levothyroxine dose at 24 months of age (p<0.001) and a lower likelihood of having a first-degree family history of CH (p=0.026) than PCH. Gender, prematurity, low birth weight, initial CH severity such as serum TSH and FT4 levels, or bone maturation delay at diagnosis had no effect. Receiver operating characteristics curve analysis showed that a cutoff of 2.3 μg/kg/day for levothyroxine dose requirement at 24 months of age had a sensitivity of 71% and a specificity of 70% for predicting transient CH, with values below this threshold considered predictive of transient CH.

Conclusions: TCH presents a significant portion of patients with CH. The levothyroxine dose requirement at 24 months of age has a predictive role in differentiating TCH from PCH in CH patients with eutopic thyroid glands.

Keywords: congenital hypothyroidism; levothyroxine; thyroid gland; transient congenital hypothyroidism.

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