The Joint Role of Iodine Status and Thyroid Function on Risk for Preeclampsia in Finnish Women: a Population-Based Nested Case-Control Study
- 1 June 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Biological Trace Element Research
- Vol. 199 (6), 2131-2137
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-020-02341-2
Abstract
Preeclampsia, a pregnancy disorder that includes hypertension and proteinuria, is a major cause of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. Some studies, but not all, have found that women with preeclampsia have significantly lower iodine levels than healthy pregnant women. Resolving this issue is important because iodine deficiency in pregnancy is common in the USA and parts of Europe including Finland. We conducted a nested case-control study to determine whether the risk for preeclampsia is associated with iodine status. We measured serum iodine, thyroglobulin (Tg), and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) at 10-14 weeks gestational age in 204 women with preeclampsia and 246 unaffected controls selected from all births in Finland. We found no significant difference in iodine (case mean = 26.04 ng/mL, control mean = 27.88 ng/mL,p= 0.995), Tg (case mean = 31.11 ng/mL, control mean = 29.61 ng/mL,p= 0.996), and TSH (case mean = 1.30 mIU/L, control mean = 1.24 mIU/L,p= 0.896) levels between cases and controls. There was no significant relationship between preeclampsia risk and iodine, Tg, or TSH after adjustment for known risk factors. These results are reassuring given the high prevalence of iodine deficiency in pregnancy.Keywords
Funding Information
- Office of Dietary Supplements (HHSN2752011000011, HHSN27500009)
- Finnish Medical Association of Clinical Chemistry
- Intramural Research Program, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
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