Thyroid Function and Urinary Iodine Status in Primary School Age Children of the Hills and the Plains of Eastern Nepal.
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2012-04
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The aim of this study is to find out the iodine nutrition and thyroid
function status of the school age children of Sunsari and
Dhankuta districts. A total of 386 urine and 142 blood samples
were randomly collected from four schools of above districts to
estimate urinary iodine and thyroid hormones, respectively.
Median UIE of Dhankuta and Sunsari were 238.00 μg/L and
294.96 μg/L respectively. Relatively higher percentage (31.8%) of
subclinical hypothyroid cases was found in Sunsari than
Dhankuta (29.59%).
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Iodine deficiency, Subclinical hypothyroidism, Urinary iodine excretion (UIE)
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Chaudhari Rajendra K, Gelal Basabta, Brodie David A, Baral Nirmal. Thyroid Function and Urinary Iodine Status in Primary School Age Children of the Hills and the Plains of Eastern Nepal. Indian Pediatrics. 2012 April; 49(4): 332-333.