Prevalence of iodine deficiency among Moroccan women of reproductive age

Table 4 Urinary iodine concentration and iodine to creatinine ratio by nutritional and socio-economic characteristics of the studied population

	UIC	p value ^a	I/Cr	p value ^a
	Median [20th–80th]	p value ^a	Median [20th–80th]	p value ^a
Age
18–29	70.9 [37.5–118.6]	0.394	75.1 [43.5–141.6]	0.187
30–39	69.7 [35.8–122.2]		74.8 [43.5–153.1]
40–49	74.5 [38.7–127.2]		80.8 [44.2–143.8]
Matrimonial status
Single	75.1 [38.3–116.4]	0.674	76.8 [46.1–140.0]	0.722
Married	70.6 [36.9–124.9]		76.6 [43.1–145.6]
Divorced	73.7 [34.0–129.9]		71.9 [43.7–210.2]
Widow	83.1 [46.6–105.6]		80.8 [52.7–164.9]
Educational level
Illiterate	69.7 [36.2–121.0]	0.081	74.8 [41.9–151.4]	0.629
Primary	74.6 [36.7–119.9]		79.4 [47.7–143.7]
Secondary	67.3 [38.5–124.1]		76.0 [43.9–147.8]
Superior	80.5 [39.6–132.6]		76.4 [49.7–136.8]
BMI (kg/m²)
Thinness	74.5 [44.0–110.9]	0.014	70.6 [45.6–136.8]	0.269
Normal weight	66.1 [34.2–118.4]		75.6 [44.1–143.9]
Overweight	73.1 [36.7–121.9]		77.4 [43.5–149.9]
Obese	83.7 [42.5–132.4]		79.4 [44.0–155.5]
Monthly household income $ *
⩽ 338	74.9 [39.1–129.7]	0.246	79.2 [47.1–150.2]	0.899
338–676	83.1 [41.8–132.1]		89.6 [46.9–175.8]
677–1128	81.3 [40.7–115.2]		76.2 [49.5–170.9]
⩾ 1129	61.1 [41.1–129.2]		84.4 [37.7–154.9]
Geographical origin
Zone 1	78.1 [39.5–134.3]	0.001	86.1 [48.4–164.7]	0.001
Zone 2	84.3 [47.4–134.1]		82.2 [51.2–158.9]
Zone 3	56.6 [30.1–98.1]		65.4 [37.1–127.1]
Zone 4	69.4 [39.9–131.8]		67.6 [41.3–138.1]

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