The investigation of urine iodine and blood TSH levels in 695 neonates and urine iodine level in their mothers in ;Yunnan province

VernacularTitle:云南省695例母亲和新生儿尿碘及新生儿血促甲状腺激素水平的调查分析
Author: Wanqian GU ; Chunhua ZHANG ; Min WANG ; Fanqian ZENG ; Hongmei ZHANG ; Li ZHANG ; Ying SU ; Huan SHEN ; Junxue NI
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: iodine; thyroid-stimulating hormone; newborn
From: Journal of Clinical Pediatrics 2016;34(7):519-521
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore the levels of urine iodine in mothers and urine iodine and blood thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) in their neonates, and the correlations. Methods A total of 695 pairs of mothers and their neonates were included. Urine sample of both mothers and newborns were collected and the levels of urine iodine were detected. Heel blood sample of newborns were collected and the levels of TSH were detected. Results The median urine iodine level in 695 mothers was 212 . 9μg/L, among whom 163 case ( 34 . 39%) were iodine deifcient (?5 mIU/L in neonates whose mother were iodine deifcient or excessive were higher than those in neonates whose mother were iodine adequate or more than adequate, and the difference was statistically signiifcant (P