Socio-economic and spatial correlates of subclinical iodine deficiency among pregnant women age 15-49 years in Tanzania
| Autor: | Said A. H. Vuai, Julius Edward Ntwenya, Abdalla Hussein Mtumwa, Megan J. Huang, Edwin Paul |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Medicine (miscellaneous) lcsh:TX341-641 Miscarriage 03 medical and health sciences Pregnancy Environmental health Global health Medicine Subclinical infection Gynecology lcsh:R5-920 030109 nutrition & dietetics Nutrition and Dietetics lcsh:TP368-456 biology business.industry Public health Iodine deficiency Iodized salt Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health biology.organism_classification medicine.disease lcsh:Food processing and manufacture Iodised salt Tanzania lcsh:Medicine (General) business lcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supply Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMC nutrition, 3:47 BMC nutrition BMC Nutrition, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 2055-0928 |
| Popis: | Background Iodine deficiency is a widespread global health problem that affects about 2 billion people each year. Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to iodine deficiency due to increased iodine requirement leading to death, miscarriage, and stillbirth. Iodine deficiency also has significant negative effects on newborns including impaired cognitive development, impaired learning capabilities, and stunting. This study looks at the association between subclinical iodine deficiency and demographic factors including age, wealth index, education, family size, geographical zone, number of children, fish consumption, pregnancy trimester and household salt in pregnant women aged 15–49 years in Tanzania. Methods The 2010 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey (TDHS) data was re analysed. Subclinical iodine deficiency is classified as a urinary iodine concentration (UIC) of |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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