Iodine deficiency disorders in Bangladesh
| Autor: | M. Asaduzzaman Khan, Mohammad Shahidullah, Mohammad Mohiduzzaman, Tujammul Hoque, Bardrun Nahar, M. Narul Islam, Mohmand Baquer, Chandrakant S Pandav, Harun K. M. Yusuf, Moududur R. Kahn, Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Salamatullah Quazi |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Goiter Adolescent Population chemistry.chemical_element Disease cluster Iodine Statistics Nonparametric Age Distribution Risk Factors Internal medicine Environmental health medicine Congenital Hypothyroidism Cluster Analysis Humans Sex Distribution education Child education.field_of_study Bangladesh Chi-Square Distribution business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Incidence medicine.disease Iodine deficiency Endocrinology chemistry Child Preschool Population Surveillance Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Population study Female business Cretinism |
| Zdroj: | Indian journal of pediatrics. 63(1) |
| ISSN: | 0019-5456 |
| Popis: | An extensive iodine deficiency disorders survery was conducted in Bangladesh in 1993 to assess the latest iodine nutriture status of the country. The clinical variables of the survey were goitre and cretinism, and the biochemical variable was urinary iodine. The “EPI-30 cluster” sampling methodology was followed for selecting the survey sites. In each survey site, the study population consisted of boys and girls, aged 5–11 years, and men and women, aged 15–44 years, in about equal populations. the total number of survey sites was 78 and the total number of respondents was 30 072. The total number of urine samples was 4512 (15% sub-sample). The current total goitre rate (grade 1+grade 2) in Bangladesh is 47.1% (hilly, 44.4%; flood-prone, 50.7%; and plains, 45.6%). The prevalence of cretinism in the country is 0.5% (hilly, 0.8%; flood-prone, 0.5%; and plains, 0.3%). Nearly 69% of Bangladeshi population have biochemical iodine deficiency (urinary iodine excretion [UIE] |
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