Increasing prevalence of congenital hypothyroidism emerges as a growing concern in Jordan

Table 1 Demographic data and clinical characteristics of screened newborn, n (%)

Number of neonates screened	11149
Number analyzed	10521 (95)
Birth weight (mean ± SD)	2922 ± 580
Gestational age (mean ± SD)	38 ± 2
Gestational age < 37 weeks	1928 (18.3)
Male sex	5284 (50.2)
Cesarean section delivery	4996 (47.4)
Small for age (< 10th centile)	760 (7)
Pathological hyperbilirubinemia	937 (9)
Family history of hypothyroidism	143 (1.3)
Down syndrome	27 (0.27)
Screening age in days (mean ± SD)	5 ± 2

Table 2 Demographic data and clinical characteristics of hypothyroid newborns

Variable	Hypothyroid newborns (n = 26)
Gestational age (mean ± SD)	37 ± 2
Gestational age < 37 weeks	11 (42)
Birth weight (mean ± SD)	2553 ± 664
Small for age	5 (19.2)
Female sex	15 (57.7)
Family history of hypothyroidism	2 (7.7)
Pathological hyperbilirubinemia	4 (15.4)
Down syndrome	6 (23.1)