Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Iodine deficiency is a significant global health issue of various severity depending on the age of the deficiency. The foetal period is the most critical stage in life, negatively impacting the brain and neurodevelopment. Hence, the developing foetus is a crucial issue, and the present study focussed on iodine nutrition among pregnant women from the Faroe Islands. The need for iodine increases in pregnancy, and the recommended target for median urinary iodine con...

Introduction: Iodine nutrition is critical for human health. In recent years the main focus was on the developing brain during pregnancy. In addition, iodine nutrition is essential for growth and development during adolescence. Iodine nutrition was recently low within the recommended range among adult Faroese living on local, iodine-rich marine food items. Dietary habits among young generations are drifting away from local foods, and this raises a concern that led us to perfor...

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the urinary iodine concentrations (UIC) in an adult population in the Faroe Islands. Iodine status in the adult population assumed to be sufficient due to the high frequency of seafood consumption1 although UIC has not been investigated previously in the Faroe Islands. World Health Organization recommends monitoring iodine status in all populations. Iodine nutrition is a key determinant of thyroid disease risk<p class="abstex...

Background: In many acromegalics neurosurgery is unable to control GH secretion while it may harm the normal pituitary.Objective: To investigate the effect of pre-treatment with octreotide on surgical outcome in acromegaly.Methods: Previously untreated acromegalics were randomised directly to surgery or octreotide for six month before transsphenoidal surgery. Three months postoperatively patients underwent OGTT and Insulin Toleranc...

Introduction: Iodine is essential for thyroid funciton and severe deficiency adversely affects the developing brain. A raised and sufficient intake is particularly important during the pregnancy. Iodine sources include sea foods and sea salt, and it is available as a dietary supplement. The former was previously important to the Faroses diet but the intake of traditional Faroses foods is decreasing with at likely parallel influence on the iodine intake. Currently, there is no ...

Repeated blood sampling is required in certain clinical and research settings, which is currently performed by drawing blood from venous catheters requiring manual handling of each sample at time of collection. A novel body-worn device for repeated serial samples, Fluispotter®, with automated extraction, collection and storage of up to 20 venous dried blood spot samples (DBS) over the course of 20 h may overcome problems with current methods for serial sampling. The purpo...

Objectives: Iodine intake affects the risk of thyroid disorders. This study aimed to calculate the overall incidence of thyroid dysfunctions and structural abnormalities in the Faroe Islands and to describe the relation to sex and age.Methods: We performed a nationwide, register-based study covering all 54,000 inhabitants of the Faroe Islands between 2006 and 2018. Cases were identified and classified by thyroid dysfunction using redeemed prescriptions o...