title: [Goiter in Tahiti].
abstract: The authors report on a prospective study about goitre in French Polynesia carried out in 1989, dealing with epidemiology and disease characterization in 39 patients. 1. Epidemiology of goitre in Tahiti; In schools: 517 children (236 boys and 281 girls) aged from 10 to 15. Prevalence rate is 1.55 p.c. (8/517); Adults: 226 adults (112 males and 114 females) aged from 50 to 65. Prevalence rate is 4.42 p.c. (10/226). 2. Case study on 39 Polynesian patients (38 females and 1 male) living in Tahiti (mean age: 35.6 years old) showing euthyroidic goitre, detected from 1989 April 1st and October 31; Goitre did not present in Tahiti any particularity. It is a pathology mainly feminine, at low evolution and late local consequences; In 3/4 of the cases, goitre is visible and more it is voluminous more modules are present; There is no iodine deficiency, and the mean value of iodine excretion (536 mcg/24 h) is very high in comparison with what is described in the literature; Presence of a high thiocyanatemia (greater than 100 mmol/l) is found in 1/4 of the patients; There is no correlation between consumption of foods well-known as cyanogenical ones and the level of thiocyanatemia; There is a correlation between the rate of thiocyanatemia and tabagism.
authors.affiliation: Médecin des Hôpitaux, Centre Hospitalier Territorial de Papeete, Tahiti.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gras
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hellec
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spiegel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chungue
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Boutin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cardines
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Laudon
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Legall
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Prigent
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004034:Diet Surveys; D005260:Female; D006042:Goiter / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007455:Iodine / Q000172:deficiency; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011114:Polynesia / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D013861:Thiocyanates / Q000097:blood; D013960:Thyroid Function Tests
chemical_list: D013861:Thiocyanates; D007455:Iodine; C031760:thiocyanate
vernacular_title: Le goître à Tahiti.