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To evaluate hypothyroidism monitoring and control, thyrotropin (TSH) tests during the first trimester of pregnancy were considered and categorized according to the reference values of each laboratory.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Out of 111,811 pregnancies, 5,574 had known hypothyroidism. TSH was evaluated in 3,158 (56.65%) of them. The TSH values were within the recommended ranges in 1,146 (36.3%) of the cases, being low abnormal in 53 of them (1.7%) and high abnormal in 1,959 (62%).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>TSH testing was not evaluated in almost half of the pregnant women with known hypothyroidism in primary care services in Catalonia during the pregnancy first trimester. Among those tested, more than two-thirds had TSH levels outside the target range. 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