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BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
Volume 124, Issue 8, Pages 853-864Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114520001786
Keywords
Iodine fortification; Urinary iodine; Adults; Serum iodine; Thyroid autoimmunity
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81872561]
- Scientific Research and Practice Innovation Fund for Postgraduate of Harbin Medical University [YJSKYCX2019-16HYD]
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The present study aimed to evaluate the status of iodine nutrition and thyroid function in adults, to understand the distribution of thyroid disease in people with autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) in different water iodine areas and to explore the relationship between serum iodine, urine iodine and thyroid function in people with AITD. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in areas of Shandong Province with different water iodine levels, and subsequently 1225 adults were enrolled from iodine-deficient (ID), iodine-adequate (IA) and iodine-excess (IE) areas. Urinary iodine, water iodine, salt iodine, serum iodine and thyroid function were measured. According to the urine iodine concentration, the ID and IA areas were defined as iodine sufficient and the IE area as iodine excessive. Urine iodine, serum iodine, free thyroxine (FT4) and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels were comparatively higher in the IE area. The positive rate of thyroglobulin antibody (19 center dot 1 %) and the prevalence of AITD (21 center dot 8 %) were higher in the ID areas; the prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism was lowest in the ID areas (7 center dot 3 %) and highest in the IE area (16 center dot 3 %). Among the AITD population, urinary iodine concentration, free triiodothyronine, FT(4)and TSH had a non-linear correlation with serum iodine; abnormal TSH level, serum iodine concentration > 110 mu g/l and goitre were risk factors for AITD in adults, especially females. Our data collectively suggest that universal salt iodisation has improved the iodine nutritional status of the population in ID areas in China. Non-step-by-step iodine fortification may induce the transformation of thyroid autoimmune diseases from recessive-to-dominant in susceptible people. Moreover, enhanced monitoring of thyroid function in people with AITD is important.
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