Table 2.
Time point | Pregnancy | Child follow-up | ||||||
First pregnancy visit (<12 weeks) | Weeks 7–12 | Weeks 25–28 | Weeks 34–38 | 18 months | 3.5 years | 7 years | 14 years | |
Enrolment | ||||||||
Information given | X | |||||||
Eligibility screen | X | |||||||
Informed consent | X | |||||||
Allocation | X | |||||||
Intervention | ||||||||
Iodine 150 µg or placebo in multivitamins | ||||||||
Assessments | First pregnancy visit (<12 weeks) | Weeks 7–12 | Weeks 25–28 | Weeks 34–38 | 18 months | 3.5 years | 7 years | 14 years |
Urinary iodine concentration | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Thyroid function* | X | X | X | X | X | |||
Milk iodine concentration | ||||||||
Cognition IQ |
X WPPSI |
X WISC |
X WISC |
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Behaviour | X CBCL |
X CBCL Nordic 5–15 |
X CBCL Nordic 5–15 |
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Psychomotor development | X ASQ-3 |
X Mov ABC |
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Brain MRI (subgroup) | X | X | ||||||
Background information | ||||||||
EUthyroid SES questionnaire adults | X | X | X | X | ||||
EUthyroid SES questionnaire children | X | |||||||
Own questionnaire | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
*FT4 TSH, thyroglobulin: serum sampling during pregnancy and dry blood spot sampling during children follow-up.
ASQ, The Ages and Stages Questionnaire; CBCL, Child Behavior Checklist; EUthyroid SES questionnaire, Socioeconomic Status questionnaire, validated by EUthyroid foundation; Mov ABC, Movement Assessment Battery for Children; SWIDDICH, Swedish Iodine in Pregnancy and Development in Children; WISC, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children; WPPSI, Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence.