{"id":1350,"date":"2026-01-24T08:35:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T08:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peaceful-mccarthy.213-158-90-25.plesk.page\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/iodide-availability-during-pregnancy-role-of-dietary-habits-and-geographical-origin\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T08:35:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T08:35:20","slug":"iodide-availability-during-pregnancy-role-of-dietary-habits-and-geographical-origin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peaceful-mccarthy.213-158-90-25.plesk.page\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/iodide-availability-during-pregnancy-role-of-dietary-habits-and-geographical-origin\/","title":{"rendered":"IODIDE AVAILABILITY DURING PREGNANCY: ROLE OF DIETARY HABITS AND GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGIN"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-authors\">Mian C.<sup>1<\/sup>, Vitaliano P.<sup>1<\/sup>, Pozza D.<sup>1<\/sup>, Pitton M.<sup>2<\/sup>, Callegari G.<sup>3<\/sup>, Nacamulli D.<sup>1<\/sup>, Busnardo B.<sup>1<\/sup>, Mantero F.<sup>1<\/sup>, Girelli M.E.<sup>1<\/sup><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-institutes\"><sup>1<\/sup>Department of Medical &amp; Surgical Sciences; Endocrinology Unit University of Padua, Padua, Italy, <sup>2<\/sup>Department of Pharmacology and Anaesthesiology University of Padua, <sup>3<\/sup>Gynaecological Consulting-Rooms, Padua, Italy<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-abstract\">\n<h2>Abstract<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Aims:<\/strong> The iodine status during pregnancy, its dependency on dietary habits, geographical and racial origin and length of permanence in our country were studied.<br \/><strong>Design and methods:<\/strong> We enrolled 322 consecutive pregnant women: 217 Italians, 62 East-Europeans and 43 of North and Central African origin. Each women filled in a food frequency questionnaire concerning dietary habits. Urinary iodide concentration (UIC) was determined in morning spot urine samples.<br \/><strong>Results:<\/strong> In the whole cohort, the median UIC was 83 ?g\/l, a UIC &lt;50 was present in 33% and a UIC of 150 ?g\/l or above in 27%; there was a significant decrease of UIC in Africans and East Europeans by comparison with Italians (median 45 and 46 versus 100 ?g\/l respectively, p=0.005). There was a significant correlation between UIC and the length of permanence in Italy (r= 0.22, p=0.02). A significant link emerged between UIC and cow milk intake (p=0.0001). Iodine-containing supplements were used by 40% of women, UIC values were higher in women using them by comparison with those who did not (median 103 versus 75 ?g\/l, p=0.03), particularly in not milk-drinking ones (median 98 versus 42 ?g\/l, p=0.01). Multivariate analysis showed that milk is the only variable influencing UIC (OR 1.29, p=0.0005).<br \/><strong>Conclusions:<\/strong> 1) the iodine status is not sufficient in pregnant women of our region, particularly in foreign ones; 2) cow milk intake proves to be the main source of iodine, 3) the use of iodine-containing supplements is mandatory during pregnancy, in particular when women do not drink milk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mian C.1, Vitaliano P.1, Pozza D.1, Pitton M.2, Callegari G.3, Nacamulli D.1, Busnardo B.1, Mantero F.1, Girelli M.E.1 1Department of Medical &amp; Surgical Sciences; Endocrinology Unit University of Padua, Padua, Italy, 2Department of Pharmacology and Anaesthesiology University of Padua, 3Gynaecological Consulting-Rooms, Padua, Italy Abstract Aims: The iodine status during pregnancy, its dependency on dietary habits, <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/peaceful-mccarthy.213-158-90-25.plesk.page\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/iodide-availability-during-pregnancy-role-of-dietary-habits-and-geographical-origin\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,2,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-volume-7-issue-3","category-journal-articles","category-volume-7"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peaceful-mccarthy.213-158-90-25.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peaceful-mccarthy.213-158-90-25.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peaceful-mccarthy.213-158-90-25.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peaceful-mccarthy.213-158-90-25.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peaceful-mccarthy.213-158-90-25.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/peaceful-mccarthy.213-158-90-25.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peaceful-mccarthy.213-158-90-25.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peaceful-mccarthy.213-158-90-25.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peaceful-mccarthy.213-158-90-25.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}