Congenital hypothyroidism after newborn screening program reorganization in the Apulia region

Table 3 bTSH levels at screening, sTSH at diagnostic confirmation, starting day of treatment

	At term	Preterm	Dysgenesis	Eutopic thyroid
bTSH at screening (µU/ml)	40.7 ± 47.3	24.5 ± 9.5^a	98.1 ± 63.4	30 ± 30.1^b
sTSH at diagnostic confirmation (µU/ml)	192.7 ± 235.7	58.3 ± 41.9^a	358.1 ± 245.2	131.6 ± 174.5^c
Starting day of treatment	17.8 ± 12.6	24.3 ± 14.4	11.6 ± 9.12	18.9 ± 11.9^c

3/16 preterm newborns (18.7%) were positive at the first screening; 13/16 preterm newborns (81.3%) were positive at the second screening
^avs at term p > 0.05
^bvs dysgenesis p > 0.05
^cvs dysgenesis p = 0.005

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