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Iodine intakes and status in Irish adults: is there cause for concern?
| dc.check.date | 2018-02-20 | |
| dc.check.info | Access to this item is restricted until 12 months after publication by the request of the publisher. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | McNulty, Breige A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nugent, Anne P. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Walton, Janette | |
| dc.contributor.author | Flynn, Albert | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tlustos, Christina | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gibney, Michael J. | |
| dc.contributor.funder | Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine | en |
| dc.contributor.funder | Health Research Board | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-02-28T12:16:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-02-28T12:16:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-02-20 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2017-02-28T11:58:28Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | I is an important mineral for health, required for the production of key thyroid hormones, which are essential for cellular metabolism, growth and physical development. Hence, adequate I is crucial at all stages of life, but imperative during pregnancy for fetal brain development and during a child’s early life for neurodevelopment. Within Ireland, limited information exists on population I intakes and status. Therefore, the purposes of the present analysis were to estimate dietary I intakes and to analyse urinary iodine (UI) status using the cross-sectional National Adult Nutrition Survey 2008–2010 and the most recent Irish Total Diet Study. Median I intakes in the total population (n 1106) were adequate with only 26 % of the population being classified as below the estimated average requirement (EAR). Milk consumption was the major source of I in the diet, contributing 45 % to total intake. Likewise, median UI concentrations (107 µg/l) indicated ‘optimal’ I nutrition according to the WHO cut-off points. In our cohort, 77 % of women of childbearing age (18–50 years) did not meet the EAR recommendation set for pregnant women. Although I is deemed to be sufficient in the majority of adult populations resident in Ireland, any changes to the current dairy practices could significantly impact intake and status. Continued monitoring should be of priority to ensure that all subgroups of the population are I sufficient. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Ireland and Health Research Board (Joint Food for Health Research Initiative (2007–2012), grant no. 7FHRIUCC2) | en |
| dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
| dc.description.version | Published Version | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | McNulty, B. A., Nugent, A. P., Walton, J., Flynn, A., Tlustos, C. and Gibney, M. J. (2017) 'Iodine intakes and status in Irish adults: is there cause for concern?', British Journal of Nutrition, pp. 1-10. doi:10.1017/S0007114516004347 | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/S0007114516004347 | |
| dc.identifier.endpage | 10 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0007-1145 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1475-2662 | |
| dc.identifier.journaltitle | The British Journal of Nutrition | en |
| dc.identifier.startpage | 1 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10468/3705 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Cambridge University Press | en |
| dc.rights | © The Authors 2017. Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) on behalf of The Nutrition Society. | en |
| dc.subject | Iodine | en |
| dc.subject | Dietary intakes | en |
| dc.subject | Status | en |
| dc.subject | Urinary iodine | en |
| dc.title | Iodine intakes and status in Irish adults: is there cause for concern? | en |
| dc.type | Article (peer-reviewed) | en |
