Assessment of Joint Impact of Iodine, Selenium, and Zinc Status on Women's Third-Trimester Plasma Thyroid Hormone Concentrations

© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Society for Nutrition..

BACKGROUND: Iodine is essential for synthesizing thyroid hormones, but other micronutrients are also required for optimal thyroid function. However, there is a lack of data on combined micronutrient status in relation to thyroid hormones in pregnancy.

OBJECTIVES: We aimed to assess the joint associations of iodine, selenium, and zinc status with plasma concentrations of thyroid hormones and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) in pregnancy.

METHODS: We included 531 pregnant women (aged 22-40 y) participating in a Swedish birth cohort who provided blood and spot urine samples in gestational weeks 27-33 (mean: 29). Associations of urinary iodine concentration (UIC), plasma selenium concentration, and plasma zinc concentration (measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry) with plasma hormone concentrations [total and free thyroxine (tT4, fT4), total and free triiodothyronine (tT3, fT3), and TSH] were explored with Bayesian kernel machine regression (BKMR; n = 516; outliers excluded) and multivariable-adjusted linear regression (n = 531; splined for nonlinear associations).

RESULTS: Median (IQR) micronutrient concentrations were 112 μg/L (80-156 μg/L) for UIC, 67 μg/L (58-76 μg/L) for plasma selenium, and 973 μg/L (842-1127 μg/L) for plasma zinc; the former 2 median values were below recommended concentrations (150 μg/L and 70 μg/L, respectively). Mean ± SD TSH concentration was 1.7 ± 0.87 mIU/L, with 98% < 4 mIU/L. BKMR showed a positive trend of joint micronutrient concentrations in relation to TSH. Plasma zinc was most influential for all hormones but tT3, for which plasma selenium was most influential. In adjusted linear regression models, zinc was positively associated with tT4, tT3, and TSH, and <1200 μg/L also with fT4 and fT3. Selenium was inversely associated with fT3, and <85 μg/L with tT3.

CONCLUSIONS: Pregnant women's plasma TSH concentrations in the early third trimester increased with increasing joint status of iodine, selenium, and zinc. Zinc and selenium were more influential than iodine for the hormone concentrations. Multiple micronutrients need consideration in future studies of thyroid hormone status.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:152

Enthalten in:

The Journal of nutrition - 152(2022), 7 vom: 06. Juli, Seite 1737-1746

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gustin, Klara [VerfasserIn]
Vahter, Marie [VerfasserIn]
Barman, Malin [VerfasserIn]
Jacobsson, Bo [VerfasserIn]
Skröder, Helena [VerfasserIn]
Filipsson Nyström, Helena [VerfasserIn]
Sandin, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Sandberg, Ann-Sofie [VerfasserIn]
Wold, Agnes E [VerfasserIn]
Kippler, Maria [VerfasserIn]

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06LU7C9H1V
9002-71-5
9679TC07X4
H6241UJ22B
Iodine
J41CSQ7QDS
Journal Article
Micronutrients
Pregnancy
Q51BO43MG4
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Selenium
Thyroid Hormones
Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)
Thyrotropin
Thyroxine
Thyroxine (T4)
Triiodothyronine
Triiodothyronine (T3)
Zinc

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Date Completed 08.07.2022

Date Revised 16.02.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/jn/nxac081

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM33913609X