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This study investigates the thyroid status of pregnant Danish women following the iodine fortification program, and a possible association with preterm delivery.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Design<\/jats:title><jats:p>Historical cohort study of 1278 randomly selected pregnant Danish women attending the national Down's syndrome screening program.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The main outcome measures were thyroid status according to laboratory- and gestational-age-specific reference intervals, and association with risk of abnormal obstetric outcome. Antibody-positivity was defined as an antibody-level (thyroid peroxidase and\/or thyroglobulin antibodies) above 60\u200aU\/ml.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Establishing laboratory-specific gestational-age-dependent reference intervals, we found a prevalence of maternal thyroid dysfunction of 10%\u201315.8% by use of the cut-off suggested by the American Thyroid Association. Thyroid dysfunction was significantly associated with antibody-positivity (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;0.05). No associations were found between preterm delivery and thyroid dysfunction (adjusted OR 0.6, 95% CI: 0.1\u20132.3) or autoimmunity (adjusted OR 1.1, 95% CI: 0.4\u20132.7).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>After the implementation of the Danish iodine fortification program, the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction and autoimmunity in Danish pregnant women is high \u2013 even higher by use of pre-established reference intervals from international consensus guidelines. However, no associations were found with abnormal obstetric outcome. 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