title: [Disorders secondary to iodine deficiency in the autonomous community of the Murcia area].
abstract: Hypothesis. To know goiter prevalence, iodine excretion and disorders associated to iodine deficiency in the region of Murcia, with the aim to define the need for establishing iodine prophylaxis programs. Method. Transversal study on 1956 pupils of the region of Murcia, with an age between four and seventeen years old, stratified by sex, age and area of origin, evaluating thyroid size, grade, weight, height, school performance and problems, menarche age, fish and iodine salt intake and iodine excretion. Results. Global prevalence of goiter was 29%, we found a mean ioduria of 93.92 +/- 56.83 micrograms/l. Anthropometric mean values for each age group did not differ between pupils affected by the lack of iodine and the others. A lower school performance was found in pupils with iodine deficit. Fish intake did not play a role in goiter prevalence. Conclusions. Murcia is an area affected by disorders derived from mild iodine deficiency, which implies the need to establish a continuous plan of effective prophylaxis with iodine salt.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Interna, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Serrano Corredor
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tebar Massó
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hernández Martínez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Valdés Chavarri
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Alvarez Cantalapiedra
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes; D006042:Goiter / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007455:Iodine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000172:deficiency*; D008297:Male; D008572:Menarche; D015995:Prevalence; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D012965:Sodium Chloride; D007455:Iodine
vernacular_title: Trastornos derivados de la deficiencia de yodo en la comunidad autónoma de la región de Murcia.