Association between elevated iodine intake and IQ among school children in Portugal

Association between elevated iodine intake and IQ among school children in Portugal

The goal of this work was to examine whether elevated iodine intake was associated with adverse effects on IQ among school-age children in Portugal. In a representative sample of children from the north of the country, IQ percentiles by age (assessed with Raven’s Colored Progressive Matrices) were d...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nutrients 2022-10, Vol.14, p.1-11
Hauptverfasser: Carvalho, Irene P., Peixoto, Bruno, Caldas, José Carlos, Costa, Ana, Silva, Sofia, Moreira, Bárbara, Almeida, Agostinho, Moreira-Rosário, André, Guerra, António, Delerue-Matos, Cristina, Sintra, Diana, Pestana, Diogo, Pinto, Edgar, Mendes, Francisca Castro, Martins, Inês, Leite, João Costa, Fontoura, Manuel, Maia, Maria Luz, Queirós, Pedro, Moreira, Roxana, Leal, Sandra, Norberto, Sónia, Costa, Vera, Fernandes, Virgínia Cruz, Keating, Elisa, Azevedo, Luís, Calhau, Conceição
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Sprache:eng
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Cognition
Excessive iodine
Representative sample
School ages
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Zusammenfassung:The goal of this work was to examine whether elevated iodine intake was associated with adverse effects on IQ among school-age children in Portugal. In a representative sample of children from the north of the country, IQ percentiles by age (assessed with Raven’s Colored Progressive Matrices) were dichotomized to
ISSN:2072-6643
DOI:10.3390/nu14214493