Status of iodine deficiency in district Kangra, Himachal Pradesh after 60 years of salt iodization

Background/Objectives: District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh(HP), India is a known endemic area for iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) since 1956. The present study was conducted in district Kangra, Himachal Pradesh with the objective to assess the prevalence of iodine deficiency in school-age children....

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Veröffentlicht in:	European journal of clinical nutrition 2013-08, Vol.67 (8), p.827-828
Hauptverfasser:	Kapil, U, Pandey, R M, Kabra, M, Jain, V, Sareen, N, Bhadoria, A S, Vijay, J, Nigam, S, Khenduja, P
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	692/699/1702 692/700/2814 692/700/478 Biological and medical sciences Child Children Children & youth Clinical Nutrition Deficiency Diseases - epidemiology Deficiency Diseases - urine Diet Endocrinopathies Epidemiology Excretion Feeding. Feeding behavior Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Goiter Goiter - epidemiology Goiter - urine Goiter, Endemic - epidemiology Goiter, Endemic - urine Health aspects Humans India - epidemiology Internal Medicine Iodine Iodine - administration & dosage Iodine - deficiency Iodine - urine Iodine deficiency diseases Male Medical sciences Medicine Medicine & Public Health Metabolic Diseases Non tumoral diseases. Target tissue resistance. Benign neoplasms Nutrient deficiency Nutrition research original-article Physiological aspects Prevalence Prevalence studies (Epidemiology) Public Health Salt Salts Sodium Chloride, Dietary - administration & dosage Thyroid Thyroid Gland - pathology Thyroid. Thyroid axis (diseases) Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems
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Zusammenfassung:	Background/Objectives: District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh(HP), India is a known endemic area for iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) since 1956. The present study was conducted in district Kangra, Himachal Pradesh with the objective to assess the prevalence of iodine deficiency in school-age children. Subjects/Methods: A total of 1864 children in the age group of 6–12 years were included. Clinical examination of thyroid of all children was undertaken. ‘On the spot’ urine samples were collected from 463 children. The salt samples were collected from 327 children. Results: The total goiter prevalence of 15.8% was found. The proportion of children with urinary iodine excretion (UIE) levels
ISSN:	0954-3007 1476-5640
DOI:	10.1038/ejcn.2013.119