Age- and sex-adjusted iodine/creatinine ratio. A new standard in epidemiological surveys? Evaluation of three different estimates of iodine excretion based on casual urine samples and comparison to 24h values
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Age- and sex-adjusted iodine/creatinine ratio is the most accurate of the tested estimates of iodine excretion based on casual urine samples compared to 24 hour iodine excretion. The correlation and agreement with 24 hour urinary iodine excretion was found to be better for the age- and sex-adjusted iodine/creatinine ratio than for the traditionally used estimates based on iodine concentration or the crude iodine/creatinine ratio. Iodine concentration cannot give an exact measure of iodine excretion in single individuals because of the large inter-individual variations in 24 hour urinary volume.
Publication Name: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-3007
Year: 2000
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Iodine supply in different geographical areas of Switzerland: comparison between rural and urban populations in the Berne and the Ticino regions
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There are people at risk of iodine deficiency (ID) disease in Switzerland on both sides of the Alps and in both rural and urban areas, according to research investigating possible regional differences in iodine consumption among people living in rural and urban areas north and south of the Alps. Among those participating in this research, 35% were found to have a mild ID, with 12% having moderate ID. There were no differences between urinary iodine concentrations from urban or rural populations.
Publication Name: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-3007
Year: 1999
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Low levels of urinary iodine excretion in schoolchildren of rural areas in Cuba
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A study was conducted on rural schoolchildren in Cuba where there is an iodine deficiency public health problem to establish baseline data on urinary iodine excretion. Results revealed a severe deficiency in a few foothills and all the mountainous areas which had a median urinary iodine excretion of less than 20 microgram per liter, as opposed to 95 microgram per liter for the whole sample. Cuba has already commenced a nationwide plan of action to introduce iodized salt.
Publication Name: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-3007
Year: 1998
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