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However, its effects on neonatal metabolism remain inadequately understood. This study aimed to assess the association between hypothyroidism in pregnancy and neonatal amino acid and acylcarnitine levels.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This retrospective case\u2013control study included 1,987 pregnant women with overt hypothyroidism in pregnancy, 2,023 with subclinical hypothyroidism in pregnancy, and 2,043 euthyroid pregnant women from Fujian Provincial Maternity and Children\u2019s Hospital between 2016 and 2024. Their newborns all underwent newborn screening for 11 amino acids and 31 acylcarnitines using tandem mass spectrometry.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>After adjusting for potential confounding factors including gestational age at delivery, birth weight, and neonatal sex, newborns born to mothers with hypothyroidism in pregnancy (overt and subclinical) showed significant differences in the levels of 9 amino acids compared with those born to mothers with normal thyroid function. These amino acids are involved in the arginine-proline metabolism, glycine metabolism, and the urea cycle pathway. Amino acid levels also differed between the two subtypes. In addition, the levels of short-chain, medium-chain, and long-chain acylcarnitines in newborns from the hypothyroidism groups were significantly higher than those in the control group, with several acylcarnitine indicators (C16, C16:1, C16OH, C18:1OH, and C6DC) exhibiting characteristic differences between the two subtypes. The levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) in newborns from both hypothyroidism groups were significantly higher than those in the control group, whereas no statistically significant difference in TSH levels was observed between the overt and subclinical hypothyroidism groups.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our findings revealed a significant association between hypothyroidism in pregnancy (overt and subclinical) and neonatal amino acid and acylcarnitine levels, which were mainly involved in branched-chain amino acid, arginine, proline, and glycine metabolism, as well as the urea cycle and fatty acid oxidation pathways. 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