Controlled Antenatal Thyroid Screening Study III: Effects of gestational thyroid status on adolescent brain morphology.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
; 2024 May 15.
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CONTEXT Children born to mothers with gestational hypo- or hyperthyroidism may have increased risk of adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes. However, the effects of maternal thyroid status on offspring brain development are unclear. OBJECTIVE:
To establish whether adolescent brain morphology is affected by suboptimal gestational thyroid function (SGTF). DESIGN ANDSETTING:
The Controlled Antenatal Thyroid Screening (CATS) study randomized mothers with SGTF to levothyroxine or no supplementation from â¼12 weeks' gestation. At age 9, children born to mothers who were over-treated with levothyroxine had a higher risk of conduct and hyperactivity traits. For the current CATS III study, children underwent neuroimaging studies, including T1-weighted structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).PARTICIPANTS:
A total of 85 children aged 11-16 years had usable T1-weighted MRI data (exposed to untreated SGTF (n=21), normal GTF (n=24), or treated SGTF (optimally-treated (n=21), over-treated (n=20)). MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURES:
Primaryoutcome:
to examine the association of SGTF and its treatment with global brain volumes. Secondary and exploratoryoutcomes:
to investigate the association of maternal TSH and free T4 levels with global and subregional brain volumes. Results were adjusted for age, sex and pubertal scores.RESULTS:
There were no significant differences in global brain volumetric measures between groups, including total gray matter volume (p=0.373). Weak positive correlations were found between maternal TSH, but not FT4, levels and several brain volumes, but these did not survive testing for multiple comparisons.CONCLUSIONS:
We found no evidence that SGTF was associated with differences in adolescent brain morphology, and no impact of levothyroxine supplementation.
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