Figure 5:

Figure 5: Mean serum bioactive TPO antibody in TPO positive postpartum women. [square] - 75 women - euthyroid for whole period; [arrow up] - 44 women - transient thyroid dysfunction during the year; [arrow down] - 29 women - persistent thyroid dysfunction; - - - - titre in transient group significantly higher (p <0.05 or greater) than euthyroid group. Persistent group significantly higher titre than transient group, at all time points (Adapted from Parkes et al41 with permission).