ArticlePublic health nutrition2014
Iodine status during pregnancy in India and related neonatal and infant outcomes.
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- Maternal and neonatal iodine status in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, India.Sudanese journal of paediatrics · 2020Article
- Gestational changes in iodine status in a cohort study of pregnant women from the United Kingdom: season as an effect modifier.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2015Article
- The iodized salt programme in Bangalore, India provides adequate iodine intakes in pregnant women and more-than-adequate iodine intakes in their children.Public health nutrition · 2015Article
- Iodized Salt Consumption Practices and Iodine Status in the Rural Adult Population Near Chennai, India.Indian journal of endocrinology and metabolismArticle
- Prevalence of goiter and associated factors among pregnant mothers residing in a district with poor socioeconomic status in Rajasthan state, India.Journal of family medicine and primary careArticle
- First Trimester Thyroid Function Tests: Normative Data from Western India.Indian journal of endocrinology and metabolismArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo document iodine status in Indian pregnancies, associations with maternal diet and demographics, and offspring developmental measures.
designLongitudinal study following mothers through pregnancy and offspring up to 24 months.
settingRural health-care centre (Vadu) and urban antenatal clinic (Pune) in the Maharashtra region of India. SUBJECTS: Pregnant mothers at 17 (n 132) and 34 weeks' (n 151) gestation and their infants from birth to the age of 24 months.
resultsMedian urinary iodine concentration (UIC) was 203 and 211 μg/l at 17 and 34 weeks of pregnancy, respectively (range 26-800 μg/l). Using the UIC distribution adjusted for within-person variation, extreme UIC quartiles were compared for predictors and outcomes. There was no correlation between UIC at 17 and 34 weeks, but 24 % of those with UIC in the lowest quartile at 17 weeks had UIC in the same lowest quartile at 34 weeks. Maternal educational, socio-economic status and milk products consumption (frequency) were different between the lowest and highest quartile of UIC at 34 weeks. Selected offspring developmental outcomes differed between the lowest and highest UIC quartiles (abdominal circumference at 24 months, subscapular and triceps skinfolds at 12 and 24 months). However, UIC was only a weak predictor of subscapular skinfold at 12 months and of triceps skinfold at 24 months.
conclusionsMedian UIC in this pregnant population suggested adequate dietary provision at both gestational stages studied. Occasional high results found in spot samples may indicate intermittent consumption of iodine-rich foods. Maternal UIC had limited influence on offspring developmental outcomes.
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