Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub. 2008, 152(1):97-99 | DOI: 10.5507/bp.2008.015

IODINE IN EARLY PREGNANCY – IS THERE ENOUGH?

Antonin Koreneka, Martin Prochazkab
a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jesenik Hospital, Czech Republic
b Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Palackż University, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Aims: To evaluate the iodine status of patients in early pregnancy and its dependence on level of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH).

Methods: Between June 2005 and December 2006, 168 patients with a confirmed vital pregnancy (up to 10th week of pregnancy) were included in the study. The entry criteria were no prior thyroid disease, did not take any other medication, had not undergone radio-iodine therapy and did not take multivitamins containing iodine. The iodine status was measured as the amount of iodine in urine over 24 hours. The TSH level was determined from the blood using chemiluminescence.

Results: The average ioduria value in patients was found to be 3.04 µmol/24 hr, with the norm 0.6-2.4 µmol/ 24 hr, median 2.9, SD 1.5. None of the patients had a value lower than 0.9 µmol/24 hr. The average TSH value was 1.98 mIU/l, median was 1.31, SD 0.98. The laboratory limits were set to 0.25-3 mIU/l for pregnant women in the first trimester. Three pregnancies ended in miscarriage by week 12, 1 miscarriage occurred in week 22 and the other pregnancies concluded in delivery between weeks 38-41. Fourteen patients had TSH levels above 3 mIU/l with normal levels od free thyroxine (T4) : 10.3-25 pmol/l.

Conclusions: The results of this study did not reveal any iodine deficit in any of the patients. However 14 patients had elevated TSH levels signalling subclinical or incipiently clinical hypothyroidism. These pacients underwent levothyroxine therapy after endocrinologist's consultations.

Keywords: Iodine, Pregnancy, Thyroid-stimulating hormone

Received: November 17, 2007; Accepted: April 21, 2008; Published: June 1, 2008  Show citation

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