Analysis of monitoring results of urinary iodine of children aged 8 - 10 of Zhangjiakou city in Hebei province, 2009
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1000-4955.2012.01.022
- VernacularTitle:2009年河北省张家口市8～10岁儿童尿碘监测结果分析
- Author:
Zhong-xiang, WANG
;
Pei-lun, HUA
;
Jie, TAN
;
Yu-min, ZHANG
;
Yan-qing, ZHAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Iodine;
Salts;
Epidemiology;
Data collection
- From:Chinese Journal of Endemiology
2012;31(1):81-83
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To analyze the monitoring results of urinary iodine of students aged 8 - 10 in Zhangjiakou city,problems in monitoring results,and to provide basic information for working out control strategies of iodine deficiency disorders.Methods A township(town,street) in each country of each city(district) in Zhangjiakou was selected according to 5 positions of the east,the west,the south,the north and center,and 1 village elementary school was sampled in each chosen township,twenty students(half male and female) aged 8 - 10 were selected to collect their urine samples in each school.Urinary iodine concentration was determined by arseniccerium method.Results The median of urinary iodine of the 1700 children aged 8 - 10 was 291.5 μg/L,with ＜ 50 μg/L accounted for 0.8％(13/1700),50 ～ 99 μg/L about 4.9％(83/1700),100 - 199 μg/L about 20.5％ (349/1700),200 - 299 μg/L about 29.7％(504/1700),and ≥300 μg/L about 44.9％(764/1700).Conclusions Urinary iodine has reached the elimination standard of iodine deficiency disorders in Zhangjiakou city.But the situation of more than adequate amount of urinary iodine and iodine excess is relatively serious and it is necessary to lower iodine concentration.
