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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Demirel, Fatma
• Ozer, Tülay
• Gürel, Ahmet
• Acun, Ceyda
• Ozdemir, Hüseyin
• Tomaç, Nazan
• Unalacak, Murat

Titel

Effect of iodine supplementation on goiter prevalence among the pediatric population in a severely iodine deficient area

Ist Teil von

• Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2004-01, Vol.17 (1), p.73

Ort / Verlag

Germany

Erscheinungsjahr

2004

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We evaluated goiter status and urinary iodine excretion (UIC) of 304 school-children (7-12 years old) 3 years after a law was passed for mandatory production of iodinated salt in an area previously characterized by severe iodine deficiency in Zonguldak, a mountainous city in the West Black Sea region in Turkey. We examined all the children for goiter by palpation, measured sonographic thyroid volumes (STV) and UIC. Eighty-two percent of families had been using iodinated salt. UIC was above 100 microg/l in 71.2% of the children and median UIC was sufficient (143.5 microg/l). The prevalence of goiter was lower at ultrasound (14.6%) than by palpation (19.4%). Median STV values were within recommended normal limits at all ages. Although Zonguldak had been a highly endemic region, it became mildly endemic 3 years after mandatory iodination of salt, with decrease of goiter prevalence.