RT Journal Article
T1 Effect of iodine prophylaxis during pregnancy on neurocognitive development of children during the first two years of life.
A1 Velasco, Inés
A1 Carreira-Soler, Mónica
A1 Piedad, Santiago
A1 Muela, José Antonio
A1 García-Fuentes, Eduardo
A1 Sánchez-Muñoz, Baltasar
A1 Garriga, María J.
A1 González-Fernández, María C.
A1 Rodríguez, Álvaro
A1 Caballero, Francisco F.
A1 Machado, Alberto
A1 González-Molero, Stella
A1 Anarte-Ortiz, María Teresa
A1 Soriguer, Federico
K1 Desarrollo cognitivo
K1 Neurociencia cognitiva
AB Context: The association between thyroid function during pregnancy and the later mental andpsychomotor development of the child is supported by numerous experimental, clinical andepidemiological studies.Objective: To evaluate the psychological development of infants aged 3 to 18 months whosemothers had received 300 μg of potassium iodine during the first trimester of their pregnancy.Design and Study Subjects: The study included 133 women who had received 300 μg ofpotassium iodine and 61 women who had received no iodine supplements.Main Outcome Measures: The neuropsychological status of the children was evaluated with theBayley Scales of Infant Development and measurements were made of TSH, FT3, FT4 andurinary iodine.Results: Those children whose mothers had received an iodine supplement of 300 μg had amore favorable psychometric assessment than those of the other group of mothers. They hadhigher scores on the Psychomotor Development Index (p=0.02) and the Behavior Rating Scale.Conclusions: Dietary iodine supplements not only have no harmful effect on theneurodevelopment of the children, they may even be beneficial. Given the possible presence ofconfounding variables not controlled for in this study, these findings should be considered aspreliminary.
YR 2009
FD 2009
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/37615
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/37615
LA eng
NO Inés Velasco, Mónica Carreira, Piedad Santiago, José Antonio Muela, Eduardo García-Fuentes, Baltasar Sánchez-Muñoz, Maria J Garriga, Maria C González-Fernández, Alvaro Rodríguez, Francisco F Caballero, Alberto Machado, Stella González-Romero, Maria T Anarte, Federico Soriguer. (2009). Effect of iodine prophylaxis during pregnancy on neurocognitive development of children during the first two years of life. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 94(9), 3234-3241.  DOI: 10.1210/jc.2008-2652
NO Dr. Carreira, please find attached the published version of your article requested below.SincerelyTim Beardsley
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