title: [Thyroid diseases in reproductive-age women living in Shoria mountains].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze prevalence and structure of thyroid pathology in women of reproductive age living in Shoria mountains.
  
  
  METHODS
  The examination of 409 women aged 18 to 40 living in mountain Shoria included assessment of social status, heredity, actual nutrition, visit to endocrinologist, ultrasound investigation of the thyroid, tests for thyroid hormones (TTH, T3, T4) in the serum, antibodies to microsomal fractions, iodine concentrations in the morning urine.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant prevalence of thyroid diseases (62.3%), high rate of diffuse nontoxic goiter of the second degree (18.0%), nodular nontoxic goiter (11.8%), autoimmune thyroiditis (6.3%), hypothyroidism (5.5%), low median of iodine excretion with urine in women refer mountain Shoria to the zone of goiter endemia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Among migrants thyroid morbidity is significantly higher than among the native population. Eradication of goiter endemia will promote reproductive health in this region.
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Kvitkova
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Ushakova
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Shchetinina
authors.forename: M Iu
authors.initials: MIu
authors.lastname: Ogarkov
authors.forename: E Iu
authors.initials: EIu
authors.lastname: Cherniavskaia
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Polikutina
authors.forename: Ia V
authors.initials: IaV
authors.lastname: Kazachek
authors.forename: O L
authors.initials: OL
authors.lastname: Barbarash
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019353:Endemic Diseases / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007455:Iodine / Q000652:urine; D015995:Prevalence; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012800:Siberia / Q000453:epidemiology; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000097:blood; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D013963:Thyroid Hormones; D007455:Iodine