Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Adequate iodine intake is important in pregnant women.Objective: To determinate iodine status and thyroid volumen (TV) in healthy pregnant women from Navarra (Spain), and to evaluate possible influence of diet.Methods: A cross-sectional study of 144 women in the first trimester of pregnancy (single pregnancies) was carried during 2014. We measured thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), free thyroxine (fT4) and antithyroid...

Serum thyroglobulin (Tg) is a biomarker used to assess iodine nutrition status, but data in pregnant women are scarce.Objectives: To determine serum Tg concentration in Spanish healthy pregnant women, and to evaluate its relation with yoduria (UIC), thyroid volume, iodine intake and thyroid function throughout pregnancy.Methods: Longitudinal study in pregnant women with no history of thyroid disease, recruited in 2 obstetric center...