PURPOSE Even mild iodine deficiency may negatively affect cognitive performance, especially at a young age. Our aim was to investigate iodine status in very young children and to assess the importance of iodized salt in processed foods of which the use has decreased during the last years in Germany. METHODS Twenty-four hours urinary iodine excretion (UIE) as a marker of iodine intake was meas...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Universal salt iodization (USI) was implemented in all counties of China in 1995. This study was undertaken to assess the status of iodine deficiency disorders control and prevention after 10 years of implementation of USI in a severe iodine deficiency region in China. METHODS Thirty primary school were selected in Gansu province utilizing cluster sampling methodology f...

In order to investigate goiter prevalence in Boyer-Ahmad, an Iranian tribal province, 87 families were randomly selected in Yasuj township and Doruhan county. Clinical examination of the subjects disclosed 95% of females and 87% of males over 6 years of age to be goitrous. Grade 2 goiter had the highest prevalence among females. In males grade 1 b was the most prevalent. Hormonal studies o...

Indian women of reproductive age groups commonly suffer from hypothyroidism which may be due to iodine or non iodine deficiency causes. This study was undertaken with a view to ascertain the leading cause of hypothyroidism in women of reproductive age group residing in the sub-Himalayan plain areas of Darjeeling district of West Bengal. Serum TSH, T4, T3 and Urinary Iodine Excretion (UIE) level...

Endemic goiter and iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) are prevalent in Iran and IDD control program has been implemented since 1989. To monitor IDD control program, this survey was performed in 1996. 26178 schoolchildren, aged 8 to 10 years were selected by probability proportionate to size randomly in 26 provinces of Iran, for goiter staging. In 2836 pupils blood and urine samples were obtaine...

iodine deficiency is the most important preventable cause of mental deficiency. the aim of this study was to specify the phase during fetal and postnatal development when iodine supplementation would have optimum effect on the prevention of brain damage. materials and methods forty schoolchildren aged 7-13 years, from the previously iodine deficient villages of kiga and randan, were divided int...

BACKGROUND Iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) are endemic in the mountain regions of Armenia. Universal salt iodisation has been chosen as the control measure. OBJECTIVES (1). To measure the prevalence of iodine deficiency in the Armenian population; (2). to evaluate household use of iodised salt; and (3). to monitor iodised salt promotion strategies. DESIGN Cross-sectional study on a nation...

Surveillance of urinary iodine values of the U.S. population has been carried out at intervals since 1971. In this issue, Caldwell et al. (1) report on the most recent U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) iodine data, for the 2003–2004 sample. Reassuringly, there has been no significant change since the last NHANES survey in 2001–2002. Following a precipitous drop in u...

in order to investigate goiter prevalence in boyer-ahmad, an iranian tribal province, 87 families were randomly selected in yasuj township and doruhan county. clinical examination of the subjects disclosed 95% of females and 87% of males over 6 years of age to be goitrous. grade 2 goiter had the highest prevalence among females. in males grade 1 b was the most prevalent. hormonal studies on a s...

The authors studied electrolyte loss from profuse sweating in soccer-team players and evaluated the relationship between this source of iodine loss and iodine deficiency. Thirteen male soccer-team players and 100 sedentary students from the same high school were evaluated for 8 d, during which the players were training. The authors analyzed 208 sweat samples to determine losses of iodine, sodiu...