Noncompliance to iodine supplementation recommendation is a risk factor for iodine insufficiency in Portuguese pregnant women: results from the IoMum cohort.
C Matta CoelhoJ GuimarãesI BracchiN Xavier MoreiraC PinheiroP FerreiraD PestanaI Barreiros MotaA CortezC PruchaC MartinsE PintoA AlmeidaC Delerue-MatosC C DiasA Moreira-RosárioL F Ribeiro de AzevedoV Cruz FernandesC RamalhoC CalhauA-L BrantsæterJ Costa LeiteElisa KeatingPublished in: Journal of endocrinological investigation (2022)
A low compliance to iodine supplementation recommendation in pregnancy accounted for a mild-to-moderately iodine deficiency. Our results evidence the need to support iodine supplementation among pregnant women in countries with low household coverage of iodised salt. Trial registration number NCT04010708, registered on the 8th July 2019.