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Table 1 Longitudinal assessment timepoints: when, who, where.

From: Impact of iodine supplementation during preconception, pregnancy and lactation on maternal thyroid homeostasis and offspring psychomotor development: protocol of the IodineMinho prospective study

Moment

Evaluation

Filled in by:

Local

M0

Recruitment (preconception or 1st trimester)

Informed consent

Participant

Family health centers

Sociodemographic evaluation

Participant

Clinical evaluation

Clinician

Food frequency questionnaire

Participant

3 days food record

Participant

Home

Blood and urine collection

Clinical Analysis Laboratory

Thyroid ultrasound

Clinician

2CA

M1

1st trimester of pregnancy

Clinical evaluation

Clinician

Family health centers

Blood and urine collection

Clinical Analysis Laboratory

M2

2nd trimester of pregnancy

Clinical evaluation

Clinician

Family health centers

Blood and urine collection

Clinical Analysis Laboratory

M3

3rd trimester of pregnancy

Clinical evaluation

Clinician

Family health centers

Blood and urine collection

Clinical Analysis Laboratory

Thyroid ultrasound

Clinician

2CA

Fetal cardiotocography

Clinician/Nurse

Hospital Braga

M4

Birth

Clinical evaluation

Clinician

Hospital Braga

Blood and urine collection - pregnant

Nurse

Urine collection– Newborn

M5

3 months after birth

Breast milk collection

Nurse

2CA

Blood and urine collection – puerperal women

Urine collection – newborn

Thyroid ultrasound - puerperal women

Clinician

Thyroid ultrasound - child

M6

18 months after birth

Child psychomotor evaluation

Researcher

2CA

Blood and urine collection –women

Nurse

Urine collection – child