Endemic goitre in the absence of iodine deficiency in schoolchildren of the Northern Cape Province of South Africa

Article Abstract:

The relationship between fluoride in the drinking water and endemic goiter in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa was examined using a dental survey of schoolchildren. No relationship was found between fluoride in water and the mild goiter prevalence in the four towns with either a low or near optimal fluoride content in the water. Other results indicated that either a fluoride level in the water or another associated goitrogen other that iodine deficiency may have been responsible for these goiters.

Water, Nutrition, Goiter, Water fluoridation, Fluorides, Nutrition and dental health, Oral health

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The changing selenium status of New Zealand residents

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An examination of studies over two decades reveals an absence of correlation between glutathione peroxidase and selenium in the blood of New Zealand residents. This lack of correlation suggests that selenium intake for this population is close to saturation in respect of glutathione peroxidase. Correlation levels between selenium and glutathione peroxidase for plasma and whole blood are consistently high for the period before 1989 and insignificant later.

Nutritional aspects, Blood, Glutathione, Selenium in human nutrition, Selenium (Nutrient), Blood chemical analysis

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Urinary iodine and thyroid status of New Zealand residents

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A new study investigates the link between low iodine excretions and thyroid hormone volume and status in adults living in a low iodine area of New Zealand's South Island.

New Zealand, Physiological aspects, Soils, Composition, Thyroid hormones, Iodine metabolism

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