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Iodine deficiency amongst pregnant women in South‐West England

Overview of attention for article published in Clinical Endocrinology, December 2016
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Title
Iodine deficiency amongst pregnant women in South‐West England
Published in
Clinical Endocrinology, December 2016
DOI 10.1111/cen.13268
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Bridget A. Knight, Beverley M. Shields, Xuemei He, Elizabeth N. Pearce, Lewis E. Braverman, Rachel Sturley, Bijay Vaidya

Abstract

Iodine deficiency in pregnancy may impair foetal neurological development. The UK population is generally thought to be iodine sufficient; however recent studies have questioned this assumption. Our study aimed to explore the prevalence of iodine deficiency in a cohort of pregnant mothers from South-West England. Urine samples were obtained from 308 women participating in a study of breech presentation in late pregnancy. They had no known thyroid disease and a singleton pregnancy at 36-38 weeks gestation. Samples were analysed for urinary iodine concentrations (UIC). Baseline data included: age, parity, smoking status, ethnicity, BMI at booking, prenatal vitamin use, and a dietary questionnaire. There was no difference in median UIC between women with (n= 156) or without (n=152) a breech presentation (p=0.3), so subsequent analyses were carried out as a combined group. Participants had a mean (SD) age 31(5) years, median (IQR) BMI 24.4(22.0, 28.3) kg/m(2) , 42% were primiparous, 10% smoked during pregnancy, 35% took iodine containing vitamins. 96% were Caucasian. Median (IQR) UIC was 88.0 (54.3, 157.5) μg/l, which is consistent with iodine deficiency by WHO criteria. A total of 224/308 (73%) of women had UIC values<150μg/l. Increasing milk intake was associated with higher UIC (p=0.021). There was no difference in median (IQR) UIC between those women who took iodine containing vitamins (n=108) and those who did not (n=200): 88(54, 168) vs 88(54, 150) μg/l, p=0.7. Iodine deficiency in pregnancy is common in South-West England. Measures to develop optimum prevention and treatment strategies are urgently needed. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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Unknown 78 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 16 21%
Student > Master 12 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 8%
Professor 4 5%
Student > Postgraduate 4 5%
Other 11 14%
Unknown 25 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 18 23%
Nursing and Health Professions 16 21%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 5%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 3%
Other 8 10%
Unknown 25 32%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 21. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 January 2019.
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#1,780,880
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Outputs of similar age from Clinical Endocrinology
#4
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