Assessing the impact of oral iodine supplementation on whole body iodine store, thyroid autoimmunity and serum biochemistry profile in women of childbearing age

This investigation indicates that in iodine sufficient regions, it might be difficult to maintain maternal iodine adequacy without iodine supplementation. The iodine supplementation was associated with improvement of atherogenic serum index, diminished levels of markers of cellular injury and a 42.1% drop in the prevalence of participants with maternal iodine deficiency. In instances, which screening of thyroid autoimmunity titers and thyroglobulin are not an option, we recommend the administration of iodine in lower dosages to prevent adverse and exaggerated autoimmune reactions.