Iodine deficiency is a world-wide health problem. A simple, convenient, and inexpensive method to monitor urine iodine levels would have enormous benefit in determining an individual's recent iodine intake or in identifying populations at risk for iodine deficiency or excess. Current methods used to monitor iodine levels require collection of a large volume of urine and its transport to a testi...

The objective of the study was to assess the status of iodine nutrition in an area of Howrah district where iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) were reported despite the introduction of iodised salt for general use. A total of 969 school children in the age group 6-12 years of both sexes were clinically examined for goitre. On the spot 242 urine samples were collected from the children to study t...

Iodine deficiency (ID) has multiple adverse effects on growth and development due to inadequate thyroid hormone production. Methods for assessment of iodine nutrition in individuals include the urinary iodine concentration (UI), thyroid size and thyroid function tests. The UI measured in several repeat 24-h urine samples can detect inadequate iodine intake in individuals receiving enteral or pa...

CONTEXT Iodine is critical for normal thyroid hormone synthesis and brain development during infancy, and preterm infants are particularly vulnerable to the effects of both iodine deficiency and excess. Use of iodine-containing skin antiseptics in intensive care nurseries has declined substantially in recent years, but whether the current dietary iodine intake meets the requirement for hospital...

OBJECTIVE Iodine deficiency and excess are the most important factors that affect screening and recall rates of congenital hypothyroidism. The purpose of this study was to investigate the urinary iodine status in newborns and their mothers and its effects on neonatal thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels in a mildly iodine-deficient area. METHODS A total of 116 newborns and their mothers w...

background: iodine deficiency elimination program has begun since two decades ago in iran. this study was performed to evaluate the adequacy of iodine supplementation after 17 years of national salt iodization in the kermanshah province. methods: in this cross-sectional study 1200 schoolchildren aged 8 to10 year-old from kermanshah province were randomly selected and evaluated in 2007. goiter p...

BACKGROUND Monitoring iodine status during pregnancy is essential to prevent iodine-related disorders. The objectives of this study are to estimate iodine intake and excretion, to assess their association and to evaluate the compliance of the recommendations in a multicentre cohort of pregnant women. METHODS Cross-sectional data on maternal iodine nutritional status, compiled between weeks 8 ...

Oral iodized oil is the major alternative to iodized salt for correcting endemic iodine deficiency. This study responds to a need for better guidelines in its use. Schoolchildren, aged 6-11 yr, from a severely iodine-deficient area of Algeria received iodized poppy seed oil (Lipiodol) in a single oral dose containing 120, 240, 480, or 960 mg iodine (groups A-D) or in an im injection of 480 mg i...

BACKGROUND/METHODS In Germany, iodine deficiency is common. In a representative group of 2,500 Germans (age >13 years), using a specially designed food questionnaire, the iodine intake was calculated. In addition, iodine and creatinine concentrations in spot urine samples were determined in three groups with a possibly increased risk of iodine deficiency (769 conscripts, 886 pairs of mothers an...

OBJECTIVE In NOD.H2h4 mice, high dietary iodine intake has been known to cause iodine-accelerated spontaneous autoimmune thyroiditis (ISAT) via an unknown mechanism. The aim of the study was to examine whether the NOD.H2h4 genetic background predisposes to enhanced iodine organification in thyroglobulin (Tg), a target autoantigen in ISAT. DESIGN To avoid issues associated with an ongoing anti...