Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41943749›Full record

ArticleCureus2026

Assessing the Effect of Hypothyroidism on Maternal Morbidity and Pregnancy Outcome Among Pregnant Women Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Central India: A Prospective Study.

Kirti Shrivastava, Bishwajeet Thakur, Amit Agrawal, Priyanka Diwan, Avadesh Diwakar, Kalpana Arya

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Cureus, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Kirti ShrivastavaCommunity Medicine, Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior, Gwalior, IND.
Bishwajeet ThakurCommunity Medicine, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government Medical College, Vidisha, Vidisha, IND.
Amit AgrawalCommunity Medicine, Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior, Gwalior, IND.
Priyanka DiwanCommunity Medicine, Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior, Gwalior, IND.
Avadesh DiwakarCommunity Medicine, Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior, Gwalior, IND.
Kalpana AryaCommunity Medicine, Government Medical College, Datia, Datia, IND.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypothyroidism is among the most prevalent endocrine disorders complicating pregnancy, leading to a broad range of adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes, especially when thyroid function is inadequately managed. Despite the significant disease burden in India, regional evidence on the impact of uncontrolled hypothyroidism on fetomaternal outcomes remains scarce. This prospective observational study evaluated the socio-demographic profile, maternal morbidities, neonatal outcomes, and influence of thyroid control status on pregnancy outcomes among hypothyroid pregnant women at a tertiary care center in Central India. Conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Jaya Arogya (J.A.) Group of Hospitals, Gwalior, from May 2023 to April 2024, the study included 215 pregnant women diagnosed with hypothyroidism. Data on socio-demographic characteristics, obstetric history, treatment status, maternal complications, and neonatal outcomes were collected using a pretested semi-structured proforma. Participants were categorised into controlled and uncontrolled groups based on thyroid function status. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, V. 25.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA), with categorical variables expressed as frequencies and percentages and associations assessed using chi-squared tests. The mean age of participants was 26.62 ± 5.09 years. The most common maternal complications were anaemia (48%), postpartum haemorrhage (28%), and intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) (24.6%), while low birth weight (43.7%), preterm birth (19.1%), and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission (16.8%) were the predominant neonatal adverse outcomes. Uncontrolled hypothyroidism was significantly associated with higher rates of anaemia, IUGR, gestational diabetes mellitus, oligohydramnios, preterm birth, low birth weight, NICU admission, and postpartum haemorrhage (p < 0.05 for all). These findings highlight that uncontrolled hypothyroidism significantly increases maternal and neonatal morbidity, emphasizing the need for early detection, regular monitoring, and optimal treatment to improve fetomaternal outcomes, particularly in resource-limited settings.

Indexed as

fetal outcomehypothyroidismindiamaternal morbiditypregnancy

Identifiers

PMID41943749
PMCPMC13050565

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.