ArticleBMC nutrition2017
Socio-economic and spatial correlates of subclinical iodine deficiency among pregnant women age 15-49 years in Tanzania.
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- The prevalence of insufficient iodine intake in pregnancy in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Socio-economic inequality in the nutritional deficiencies among the world countries: evidence from global burden of disease study 2019.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Global, regional, and national burden of iodine deficiency for women of reproductive age, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis based on the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Factors associated with the consumption of table salt with inadequate iodine concentrations: a population analysis at a Peruvian household level.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
- Ambient air pollution exposure during the late gestational period is linked with lower placental iodine load in a Belgian birth cohort.Environment international · 2021Article
- Non-iodized salt consumption among women of reproductive age in sub-Saharan Africa: a population-based study.Public health nutrition · 2020Article
- Factors Associated with Urinary Iodine Concentration among Women of Reproductive Age, 20-49 Years Old, in Tanzania: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study.Current developments in nutrition · 2020Article
- Iodine Status and Discretionary Choices Consumption Among Primary School Children, Kinondoni Tanzania.Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics · 2020Article
- Iodine consumption and cognitive performance: Confirmation of adequate consumption.Food science & nutrition · 2018Review
- Factors affecting the consumption of iodized salt by pregnant women in Karachi.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesArticle
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Abstract
backgroundIodine deficiency is a widespread global health problem that affects about 2 billion people each year. Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to iodine deficiency due to increased iodine requirement leading to death, miscarriage, and stillbirth. Iodine deficiency also has significant negative effects on newborns including impaired cognitive development, impaired learning capabilities, and stunting. This study looks at the association between subclinical iodine deficiency and demographic factors including age, wealth index, education, family size, geographical zone, number of children, fish consumption, pregnancy trimester and household salt in pregnant women aged 15-49 years in Tanzania.
methodsThe 2010 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey (TDHS) data was re analysed. Subclinical iodine deficiency is classified as a urinary iodine concentration (UIC) of <150
resultsResults showed that the prevalence of iodine deficiency (54%) was unacceptably high among pregnant women. The results of multiple logistic regression model found that number of children, wealth index, household salt, and geographical zone were significantly associated with iodine deficiency in these women.
conclusionThese results indicate a need to implement interventions to increase iodine intake that targets pregnant women with the specific demographic characteristics.
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