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Table 3 Body mass index (BMI) values across maternal thyroid categories

From: Thyroid dysfunction in pregnancy - a retrospective observational analysis of a Maltese cohort

Maternal thyroid category

Mean (± SD) BMI

(kg/m2)

P value for the comparison vs euthyroid patients a

Euthyroid

24.8 (± 5.1)

 

Hypothyroid

26.4 (± 6.8)

0.001

Hyperthyroid

24.1(± 5.6)

0.947

Isolated hypothyroxinaemia

25.9 (± 5.1)

0.035

  1. a two-tailed p value [one-way ANOVA]; Analysis performed on Lne transformed data