Iodine status among pregnant women after mandatory salt iodisation


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ANAFOROGLU I., ALGUN E., INCECAYIR O., TOPBAŞ M., Erdogan M. F.

BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION, cilt.115, sa.3, ss.405-410, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 115 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1017/s0007114515004559
  • Dergi Adı: BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.405-410
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Thyroid, Pregnancy, Iodine, Iodine deficiency, Iodine supplementation, THYROID-STIMULATING HORMONE, DEFICIENCY, GOITER, NUTRITION, CHILDREN, AGE, SUPPLEMENTATION, PROPHYLAXIS, PREVALENCE, MANAGEMENT
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

I is essential for thyroid hormone synthesis and neurological development. Various changes occur in thyroid hormone metabolism during pregnancy and I requirements increase significantly. The purpose of this study was to investigate I status among pregnant women in Trabzon, formerly a severely I-deficient area but shown to have become I sufficient following mandatory iodisation of table salt based on monitoring studies among school-age children (SAC) in the area. A total of 864 healthy pregnant women with a median age of 28 (25th-75th percentile 17-47) years participated in the study. None of them were using I-containing supplement. All of them were screened for use of iodised salt, obstetric history, thyroid function tests and urinary I concentrations (UIC), and thyroid ultrasonography was performed. Median UIC was 102 (25th-75th percentile=62-143) g/l. Median UIC of the patients according to trimesters were 122 mu g/l at the 1st, 97 mu g/l at the 2nd and 87 mu g/l at the 3rd trimester. UIC in the 1st trimester was higher compared with the 2nd and 3rd trimesters (P<0017). Nodules were present in 177 % of women (n 153). The rate of iodised salt usage among pregnant women was 907 %. Our study demonstrates that, although the I status among SAC has been rectified, I deficiency (ID) is still prevalent among pregnant women. Current knowledge is in favour of I supplementation in this group. Until the effects of maternal I supplementation in mild ID have been clarified by large-scale prospective controlled trials, pregnant women living in borderline defficient and I-sufficient areas, such as Trabzon city, should receive 100-200 mu g/d of I-containing supplements in addition to iodised salt.