High Iodine Deficiency among Pregnant Women in Periurban Ghana: A Hospital-Based Longitudinal Study

Table 1

Iodine levels among pregnant women in the trimesters.

Criteria	Standard iodine concentration (µg/Ɩ)	N = 125 (%)
		EGA 11, n (%)	EGA 20, n (%)	EGA 32, n (%)
Excessive	≥500	10 (8.0)	5 (4.0)	3 (2.4)
Above requirement	250–499	33 (26.4)	19 (15.2)	14 (11.2)
Iodine sufficient	150–249	23 (18.4)	25 (20.0)	32 (25.6)
Iodine insufficient (deficient)	<150	59 (47.2)	76 (60.8)	76 (60.8)

EGA: estimated gestational age; n: number of participants.