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JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
Volume 143, Issue 6, Pages 872-877Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.3945/jn.112.169326
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During pregnancy, the iodine requirement rises to meet demands for neurological development and fetal growth. If these requirements are not met, irreversible pathological cognitive and behavioral changes to the fetus may ensue. This study estimated the prevalence of iodine-containing dietary supplement (DS) use and intakes of iodine from DSs among pregnant women and nonpregnant women of reproductive age (15-39 y) who were interviewed and examined in NHANES 1999-2006 (n = 6404). Although 77.5% of pregnant women reported taking one or more DSs in the past 30 d, only 22.3% consumed an iodine-containing supplement. Most pregnant women reported using one DS and reported taking this product daily: The vast majority of iodine-containing DSs reported by pregnant women claimed an iodine content of 150 mu g iodine/serving on the label. Pregnant women using at least one DS containing iodine had a mean daily iodine intake of 122 mu g/d from supplements; the median value was 144 mu g/d. Median urinary iodine concentrations (UICs) were similar for pregnant and nonpregnant women in the population aged 15-39 y. The median UIC was 148 mu g/L for pregnant women and 133 mu g/L for nonpregnant women. The WHO has established a cutoff for insufficient iodine intake at <150 mu g/L for pregnant women and <100 mg/L for those who are not pregnant. This suggests that as a population, we may not be meeting adequate intakes of iodine for pregnant women. More research is needed on the iodine intakes of pregnant women and women of reproductive age on their total iodine intake from all sources, not just DSs.
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