Oral Contraceptive Intake and Iodine Status in Young Women

Conclusion: With similar creatinine-corrected UICs in both groups, OC intake might not have a significant impact on iodine status. However, the low median UIC in a vulnerable group of young women potentially conceiving in the following years points at the necessity of optimizing the iodine intake in the Austrian population and reiterates the insufficiency of the current iodine supplementation measures.Ann Nutr Metab

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Source: Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism - July 21, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research