Are the elements zinc, copper, magnesium, and rubidium related to nutrition and iodine deficiency in pregnant Bulgarian women from iodine deficient region?
CONCLUSION: The high Cu levels were associated with subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) and less pulse consumption during pregnancy in an iodine deficiency endemic area. SCH was found in 24% of the pregnant women in such an area while in 13% of them SCH had progressed to overt hypothyroidism.PMID:38669155 | DOI:10.21101/cejph.a7796
Source: Central European Journal of Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mariana Georgieva Bacelova Penka Dimitrova Gatseva Tanya Ivanova Deneva Delyana Miteva Davcheva Anelia Veselinova Bivolarska Source Type: research
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