Iodine deficiency in pregnancy: Still a health issue for the women of Cassino city, Italy.

Journal: Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)
PMID: 29529424

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund, and the International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders recommend a median urinary iodine concentration (UIC) in pregnant women between 150 µg/L and 249 µg/L. In the present study, we evaluated whether in the urban area of Cassino (central Italy), after a national salt iodination program (30 mg/kg) was introduced in 2005, the increased demand of iodine during pregnancy was satisfied.

Authors

  • Chiara Tuccilli
    Department of Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
  • Enke Baldini
    Department of Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
  • Elia Truppa
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, ASL Frosinone, Santa Scolastica Hospital, Cassino, Italy.
  • Bruno D'Auria
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, ASL Frosinone, Santa Scolastica Hospital, Cassino, Italy.
  • Domenico De Quattro
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, ASL Frosinone, Santa Scolastica Hospital, Cassino, Italy.
  • Giovanni Cacciola
    UOC of Radiology, Department of Diagnostic, ASL Frosinone, Santa Scolastica Hospital, Cassino, Italy.
  • Tommaso Aceti
    Department of Clinical Pathology, ASL Frosinone, Santa Scolastica Hospital, Cassino, Italy.
  • Giovanni Cirillo
    Department of Clinical Pathology, ASL Frosinone, Santa Scolastica Hospital, Cassino, Italy.
  • Antonio Faiola
    Department of Clinical Pathology, ASL Frosinone, Santa Scolastica Hospital, Cassino, Italy.
  • Patrizia Indigeno
    Nursing School of Cassino, Sapienza University of Rome and University of Cassino and South Lazio, Cassino, Italy.
  • Lorella D'Aliesio
    Nursing School of Cassino, Sapienza University of Rome and University of Cassino and South Lazio, Cassino, Italy.
  • Fiorella Gazzellone
    Nursing School of Cassino, Sapienza University of Rome and University of Cassino and South Lazio, Cassino, Italy.
  • Marco Bononi
    Nursing School of Cassino, Sapienza University of Rome and University of Cassino and South Lazio, Cassino, Italy; Department of Surgery Pietro Valdoni, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
  • Eleonora D'Armiento
    Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
  • Giovanni Carbotta
    Department of Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
  • Daniele Pironi
    Department of Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
  • Antonio Catania
    Department of Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
  • Salvatore Sorrenti
    Department of Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
  • Salvatore Ulisse
    Department of Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Electronic address: Salvatore.ulisse@uniroma1.it.

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