Elimination of iodine deficiency disorders in Delhi.
OBJECTIVE
The present study was conducted in year 2002 in NCT of Delhi with the objective to re-assess the prevalence of iodine deficiency disorders.


METHODS
A total of 7009 children in the age group of 6-11 years were clinically examined for presence of goiter. A total of 991 salt samples were also collected randomly. On the spot casual urine samples were collected from 1395 children.


RESULTS
The total goiter prevalence was found to be 6.2%. The percentage of children with urinary iodine excretion (UIE) of < 20.0, 20.0- < 50.0, 50.0-99.9 and 100.0 microg/l and above was 0.8, 1.8, 8.7 and 88.7%, respectively. The median UIE level was 200 microg/L. The assessment of iodine content of salt revealed that only 16% of the families were consuming salt with iodine content less than 5 ppm.


CONCLUSIONS
The findings of the present study indicated that the population is in a transition phase from iodine deficient (as revealed by Total Goiter Prevalence) to iodine sufficient nutriture (as revealed by median UIE 200 microg/l). A significant progress has been achieved towards elimination of IDD from NCT of Delhi.
Kapil
Umesh
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Department of Human Nutrition, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India. kapilumesh@hotmail.com
Sethi
Vani
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Goindi
Geetanjali
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Pathak
Priyali
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Singh
Preeti
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D002648:Child; D003677:Deficiency Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006042:Goiter / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007455:Iodine / Q000172:deficiency*; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D014504:Urban Health
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