Overweight increases risk of first trimester hypothyroxinaemia in iodine‐deficient pregnant women

Hypothyroxinaemia early in pregnancy may impair fetal brain development. Increased body weight has been associated with low thyroxine concentrations in non‐pregnant women. In pregnant women, morbid maternal obesity is a risk factor for thyroid dysfunction. But whether lesser degrees of overweight th...

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Published in:Matern Child Nutr
Main Authors: Gowachirapant, Sueppong, Melse‐Boonstra, Alida, Winichagoon, Pattanee, Zimmermann, Michael B.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6860313/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23937433
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12040
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