Subclinical Iodine Deficiency among Pregnant Women in Haramaya District, Eastern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Study
Table 2
Distribution of median urinary iodine concentration of pregnant women with selected variables, Haramaya, April 2012.
Variable
Percent
Median (g/L)
Q1 (g/L)
Q3 (g/L)
value
Age groups
0.355
18–24 years
28.97
54.47
19.30
97.97
25–34 years
55.40
68.66
25.56
151.89
35 years or older
15.63
68.66
25.56
151.89
Education
0.776
Literate
7.13
64.13
23.79
150.75
Illiterate
92.87
57.80
20.47
109.68
Number of births
0.168
0
20.00
49.37
18.84
96.79
1–3
64.37
56.78
20.34
111.84
>4
15.63
68.89
31.84
138.72
Trimester
0.743
First
11.95
61.87
24.84
114.25
Second
38.85
58.07
27.33
94.00
Third
49.20
55.91
13.86
113.79
Prenatal visit
0.348
No
25.75
42.84
18.99
124.32
Yes
74.25
58.78
23.27
110.87
Milk cows
0.971
0
39.31
58.34
21.70
103.04
1
28.51
54.20
20.92
126.87
2+
32.18
57.95
19.47
113.18
Milk intake
0.023
<3 times/month
52.87
47.76
15.70
104.22
≥3 times/month
47.13
69.14
27.11
113.98
Cabbage use
0.051
<1/week
76.78
58.42
23.35
114.28
≥1/week
23.22
52.10
8.23
89.67
Household salt
0.018
Not iodized
93.33
56.57
20.37
103.56
Iodized
6.67
114.08
28.40
195.64
Family size
0.669
<5 persons
52.18
58.07
19.45
103.31
≥5 persons
47.82
57.93
23.46
113.45
values are based on Mann-Whitney test; values are based on Kruskal-Wallis test; Q1: first quartile (25th percentile); Q3: third quartile (75th percentile).
