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SUBMITTER: Manousou S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7413865 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Manousou Sofia S Andersson Maria M Eggertsen Robert R Hunziker Sandra S Hulthén Lena L Nyström Helena Filipsson HF
European journal of nutrition 20191015 6
<h4>Purpose</h4>Voluntary salt iodization at 50 mg/kg salt ensures adequate iodine nutrition in Swedish school-aged children, but iodine status in pregnant women is uncertain.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a cross-sectional national study of 743 pregnant women, at median gestational age of 23 weeks (IQR 9, 38), recruited from maternal health care centers. We measured: urinary iodine concentration (UIC) and urinary creatinine concentration in spot urine samples; thyroglobulin (Tg), thyroid-stimulat ...[more]