Salt Consumption Patterns and Iodine Nutrition Status of Pregnant Women in Coastal Region

Background: Maternal Iodine Deficiency Disorder can result in inevitable cretinism as well miscarriages, stillbirth and low birth-weight babies. Objective: There is a need to find out contributing factors towards urinary iodine concentrations of pregnant women. Methods: Therefore, the cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted assess the patterns salt utilization status of pregnant women living coastal areas Mon State January May, 2013. Result: A total 144 from Pa-Nga village Kalokepi Thanbyuzayat township were asked by using structured questionnaires including age, parity, socioeconomic iodine-rich foods (seaweed, fish, prawn) consumption. Casual urine samples were collected each pregnant woman urinary measured. Three of the iodized non-iodized local markets for determination content iodometric titration method. Only 83.3% of population consumed remaining (16.7%) salt. The median concentration 105 μg/L. The mean level who that of non-iodizes 110.47 ± 67.34 μg/L and 95.83 70.13 (P = 0.336). and non-iodized 20.6 9.2 ppm 5.1 ± 1.2 respectively. In conclusion, median lower than that optimal nutrition for women, i.e., 150 - 250 mean lower than the permissible salt, 30 40 ppm. Conclusion: Our findings indicate iodine nutritional this area insufficient iodization needs to be monitored