Selenium status in pregnant women of a rural population (Zaire) in relationship to iodine deficiency

Endemic myxoedematous cretinism has been associated with combined selenium and iodine deficiency in several areas of Zaire. To determine selenium and iodine status across the country, serum selenium and thyroid function parameters including urinary iodide were determined at prenatal clinics in 30 he...

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Published in:Tropical medicine & international health 1997-06, Vol.2 (6), p.572-581
Main Authors: Ngo, D.B, Dikassa, L, Okitolonda, W, Kashala, T.D, Gervy, C, Dumont, J, Vanovervelt, N, Contempré, B, Diplock, A.T, Peach, S, Vanderpas, J
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Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Congenital Hypothyroidism - etiology
deficiency
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Diseases of mother, fetus and pregnancy
Endemic Diseases
Female
Goiter, Endemic
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Humans
Iodides - urine
iodine
Iodine - deficiency
Medical sciences
myxoedematous cretinism
Pregnancy - blood
Pregnancy - urine
Pregnancy. Fetus. Placenta
Rural Health
selenium
Selenium - blood
Selenium - deficiency
Thyroid Hormones - blood
Tropical medicine
Zaire
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Summary:Endemic myxoedematous cretinism has been associated with combined selenium and iodine deficiency in several areas of Zaire. To determine selenium and iodine status across the country, serum selenium and thyroid function parameters including urinary iodide were determined at prenatal clinics in 30 health centres of rural villages distributed over the whole country. Only in Bas-Zaire was the mean serum selenium level similar to that in non-deficient areas (80-120 ng/ml); in the regions of Bandundu and Kasai levels were marginally decreased (55-80 ng/ml), and in Kivu, Haut-Zaire, Equateur and Shaba they were marginally or moderately decreased (
ISSN:1360-2276
1365-3156
DOI:10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-326.x