Advanced Maternal Age, Mode of Delivery, and Thyroid Hormone Levels in Chinese Newborns

Advanced Maternal Age, Mode of Delivery, and Thyroid Hormone Levels in Chinese Newborns

Objective: Thyroid hormones are essential for fetal growth and neurodevelopment, however, data on cord blood thyroid hormones are sparse in China where maternal age at childbearing is increasing in recent decades. We aimed to assess cord blood levels of free triiodothyronine (FT3), free thyroxine (F...

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Main Authors: Pianpian Fan, Zhong-Cheng Luo, Ning Tang, Weiye Wang, Zhiwei Liu, Jun Zhang, Fengxiu Ouyang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
maternal age
mode of delivery
perinatal factors
thyroid hormones
Chinese newborns
birth cohort
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2019.00913/full

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