The current worldwide pooled prevalence for PPTD

is estimated to be 8%

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There are strong proponents on both sides of the thyroid

screening in pregnancy debate [3, 11, 12]. The Endocrine

Society currently recommends selective screening of highrisk

individuals only [13]. However, Vaidya et al. elegantly

demonstrated that screening of high-risk individuals alone

would miss 30% of hypothyroid and 69% of hyperthyroid

pregnant women [