TY - JOUR
T1 - Iodine status in Danish pregnant and breastfeeding women including studies of some challenges in urinary iodine status evaluation
AU - Andersen, Stine Linding
AU - Sørensen, Louise Kolding
AU - Motavaf, Anne Krejbjerg
AU - Møller, Margrethe
AU - Klitbo, Ditte Marie
AU - Nøhr, Susanne Backman
AU - Pedersen, Klaus Michael
AU - Laurberg, Peter
N1 - Copyright © 2014 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Denmark was previously iodine deficient with regional differences. Moderate iodine deficiency appeared in West Denmark and mild iodine deficiency in East Denmark and also Danish pregnant and breastfeeding women suffered from iodine deficiency. The Danish mandatory iodine fortification of salt was introduced in the year 2000 and has increased iodine intake in the Danish population. However, median urinary iodine concentration in the general population and in pregnant and breastfeeding women is still below the level recommended, corresponding to mild iodine deficiency. Certain characteristics may challenge the evaluation of urinary iodine status in pregnancy and during breastfeeding. This review also addresses methodological challenges related to spot urine sampling conditions and the use of iodine supplement and discusses the use of non-pregnant population groups as a proxy for iodine intake in pregnant women.
AB - Denmark was previously iodine deficient with regional differences. Moderate iodine deficiency appeared in West Denmark and mild iodine deficiency in East Denmark and also Danish pregnant and breastfeeding women suffered from iodine deficiency. The Danish mandatory iodine fortification of salt was introduced in the year 2000 and has increased iodine intake in the Danish population. However, median urinary iodine concentration in the general population and in pregnant and breastfeeding women is still below the level recommended, corresponding to mild iodine deficiency. Certain characteristics may challenge the evaluation of urinary iodine status in pregnancy and during breastfeeding. This review also addresses methodological challenges related to spot urine sampling conditions and the use of iodine supplement and discusses the use of non-pregnant population groups as a proxy for iodine intake in pregnant women.
U2 - 10.1016/j.jtemb.2014.11.004
DO - 10.1016/j.jtemb.2014.11.004
M3 - Review article
C2 - 25535149
SN - 0946-672X
VL - 31
SP - 285
EP - 289
JO - Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology
JF - Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology
ER -