Endocrine Abstracts

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...