title: Study on Prevalence of lodine Deficiency Disorder and Salt Consumption Patterns in Jammu Region.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  What is the situation of iodine deficiency disorder (IDD) and salt consumption in Jammu region?
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The prevalence of IDD has decreased markedly as a result of medical as well as socio-economic factors.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess the magnitude of IDD in Jammu region and also assess the salt consumption patterns in the region.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Primary schools in both urban and rural areas. STUDY TOOLS: Clinical examination of study population for goiter, laboratory assessment of casual urine sample for urinary iodine estimation of I(2) content of salt samples collected from sub-samples of study population.
  
  
  METHODS
  School children in the age group of 6-12 years were selected for study using WHO 30-cluster methodology, urine samples were collected from 15% of selected children and salt samples from 5% of sub-sample. ETHICAL CONCERN: No ethical issues were involved.
  
  
  RESULTS
  An overall goiter prevalence of 11.98% was observed in the region. Females had a prevalence of 16.1% and males 10.1%. The median urinary iodine excretion in the region was 96.5 mug/l (range: 29.0-190.0 mug/l). Forty-nine percent of subjects had biochemical iodine deficiency with 6.7% having moderate and 42.53% mild iodine deficiency. In Jammu region, 74.47% of households consume powdered salt with 98.17% powdered salt samples having an I(2) content of greater than 15 ppm.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Iodine deficiency remains a public health problem in the region, though the region seems to be in a state of nutritional transition from iodine deficiency to iodine sufficiency.
authors: Department of Community Medicine, Sher-i-Kashmir of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
authors: Imtiyaz A
authors: IA
authors: Bhat
authors: Iqbal M
authors: IM
authors: Pandit
authors: S
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authors: Mudassar