ECE2018 Poster Presentations: Thyroid Thyroid (non-cancer) (105 abstracts)
Evaluation of the iodine sufficiency of pregnant women in Belarus
Sergei Petrenko 1 , Boris Leushev 1 , Vladimir Mojeiko 2 , Tatiana Mokhort 3 , Natalia Kolomiets 4 , Ekaterina Fedorenko 5 & Alena Mokhort 3
1International Sakharov Environmental Institute of Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus; 2Osrovets Hospital, Minsk, Belarus; 3Belarusian State Medical University, Minsk, Belarus; 4Belarusian Medical Academy of Post-Graduate Education, Minsk, Belarus; 5City Centre for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health, Minsk, Belarus.
Republic of Belarus belongs to the iodine-sufficient countries. However, the subject of the study is to assess iodine status of pregnant women as the critical group of the population. Iodine deficiency has a negative impact on the level of pregnancy complications and childbirth, increasing the risk of babies with low birth weight, adverse effect on newborn and children of early age health.
The purpose of this study: To assess iodine sufficiency of pregnant women in 2nd trimester of pregnancy (random sampling).
Material and methods: The study included 100 pregnant women in the 2nd trimester of pregnancy. For an objective assessment of iodine status the following methods were used: estimation of urinary iodine excretion (by spectrophotometric cerium arsenite method adopted by the WHO) and thyroid dimensioning and estimation of iodine supplements (%).
Results: The table shows results for urinary iodine concentration in pregnant women. The results indicate that only 38% of pregnant women reach the target level of urine iodine excretion. This value is consistent with the questionnaire data, which indicates that only 47% of pregnant women take potassium iodide, despite the recommendation of taking iodine-containing drugs to all pregnant women. The median thyroid gland volume corresponds to the normal values, which indirectly indicate a short period of iodine insufficiency.
| The distribution of patients (%) in urinary iodine concentration (μg/l) | ||||||||
| Number | <20 | 21–50 | 51–100 | 101–250 | 251–300 | >300 | Me UIC, μg/l | Me, thyrod gland volume, ml |
| 100 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 27 | 157.3 | 16.4 |
Conclusion: Despite the achievement of target levels of iodine sufficiency in a population of children and adults, it is necessary to use of potassium iodide in pregnant women.
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