Salt Consumption Patterns and Iodine Nutrition Status of Pregnant Women in Coastal Region

• 作者: Moh Moh Hlaing Mya Ohnmar Sandar Tun Thidar Khine Theingi Thwin
• 来源期刊: 食品与营养科学(英文)
• 学科: 数学
• 关键词: Salt Consumption Iodine Nutrition Pregnant Women
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（1）
• 页码范围: 28-36
• 页数: 9页
• 分类号: O17

摘要

Background: Maternal Iodine Deficiency Disorder can result in inevitable cretinism as well as miscarriages, stillbirth and low birth-weight babies. Objective: There is </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">a </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">need to find out contributing factors towards urinary iodine concentrations of pregnant women. Methods: Therefore, the cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted to assess t</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">h</span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">e patterns of salt utilization and iodine status of pregnant women living in coastal areas of Mon State in January and May, 2013. Result: A total of 144 pregnant women from </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Pa-Nga</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> village and </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Kalokepi</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> village in Th</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">anbyuzayat</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> township were asked by using structured questionnaires including age, parity, socioeconomic status and patterns of salt and iodine</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">rich foods (seaweed, fish, prawn) consumption. Casual urine samples were collected from each pregnant woman and urinary iodine concentrations