Iodine deficiency in pregnant women in the ACT

Bella Nguyen; David Baker; Emma Southcott; Julia Potter; Ann Sneddon; Peter E. Hickman

doi:10.1111/j.1479-828X.2010.01239.x

Iodine deficiency in pregnant women in the ACT

Bella Nguyen^*, David Baker, Emma Southcott, Julia Potter, Ann Sneddon, Peter E. Hickman

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In response to growing concern of an iodine deficiency emergence in Australia, this study was conducted to document the iodine status of pregnant women in the ACT. One hundred women presenting to the antenatal clinic at The Canberra Hospital answered a brief dietary questionnaire and provided a spot urine sample for the measurement of urine iodine excretion. The results revealed that the majority of women were consuming a diet low in iodine, confirmed by suboptimal concentrations of iodine in their urine.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	539-542
Number of pages	4
Journal	Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Volume	50
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1479-828X.2010.01239.x
Publication status	Published - Dec 2010

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