Table 2.

Iodine and iodine rich foods intake in participants with increased demands (250 μg/day, pregnant and breastfeeding) and normal adult demands (150 μg/day).

	Increased Demands (n = 35)		Basic Demands (n = 13)
	Median	IQR	Median	IQR
Milk (g/day)	200	100–500	113	11–270
Other dairy (g/day) 1	119	86–192	106	80–233
Fish (g/day)	39	9–65	43	0–101
Total daily iodine from dairy (μg/day)	120	90–185	121	62–146
Total daily iodine from milk (μg/day)	54	27–136	31	3–73
Total daily iodine from fish (μg/day)	21	8–31	29	0–53
% daily iodine from dairy	83	75–97	77	68–99
% daily iodine from milk	45	23–54	24	5–47
% daily iodine from fish	16	3–24	22	0–32
Total daily iodine from food (μg/day)	152	120–199	148	85–202
Total daily iodine with supplements (μg/day)—whole sample	203	140–304	148	85–202
Total daily iodine with supplements (μg/day) only in those taking supplement	299 2	215–233	550 3	550–550
% WHO recommendation achieved	81	56–122	99	57–134

¹ Other dairy includes all dairy products listed in the FFQ (food frequency questionnaire) excluding milk (i.e., cheese (hard and soft), yoghurts, milk/cream-based puddings, cheese-based dishes); ² n = 16; ³ n = 1.