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...

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 ...

Introduction: Mild iodine deficiency in the Faroe Islands raises a concern for pregnant women. Iodine is essential for thyroid hormone synthesis, making it crucial for thyroid function during pregnancy and foetal growth. World Health Organization (WHO) classifies iodine intake in pregnant women as insufficient if the median urinary iodine concentration (UIC) is below 150 µg/l. We investigated how UIC relates to thyroglobulin (Tg) and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) in s...

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...