Preconception maternal iodine status is positively associated with IQ but not with measures of executive function in childhood

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 959-966

  Robinson, Sian M ^a,c   Crozier, Sarah R ^a   Miles, Elizabeth A ^b   Gale, Catharine R ^a,d   Calder, Philip C ^b,c   Cooper, Cyrus ^a,c,e   Inskip, Hazel M ^a,c   Godfrey, Keith M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Development; Iodine

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; IODINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CONCEPTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FETUS BRAIN; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; HUMAN; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; IODINE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; URINE SAMPLING; VISUAL MEMORY; WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WORKING MEMORY; COGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CREATININE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85048356259     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/nxy054     Document Type: Article

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