Goitre Prevalence and Urinary Iodine Concentration in School-Aged Children in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
المؤلفون المشاركون
Gyamfi, Daniel
Wiafe, Yaw Amo
Ofori Awuah, Enoch
Adu, Evans Asamoah
Boadi, Emmanuel Kodie
المصدر
International Journal of Endocrinology
العدد
المجلد 2020، العدد 2020 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2020)، ص ص. 1-8، 8ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2020-03-23
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
8
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Background.
Iodine deficiency is a public health problem.
The universal salt iodization (USI) program is the main, simple, and cost-effective intervention strategy to control iodine deficiency.
The study examined the iodine status in school-aged children in Ashanti region, Ghana, using thyroid volumes along with urinary iodine concentrations, the methods recommended by the WHO/ICCIDD for monitoring the sustained impact of USI programs.
Methods.
This cross-sectional study was conducted among school-aged children (6–12 years) from randomly selected schools in the central and northern part of the Ashanti region, Kumasi Metropolis, and Ejura-Sekyedumase Municipality, respectively.
A total of 852 children were enrolled in the study.
Thyroid volume and urinary iodine concentrations of the children were determined using the standardized methods recommended by WHO/ICCIDD.
Anthropometric measurements were also evaluated.
Results.
The mean values of thyroid volume in female and male school-aged children were 3.53 ± 0.09 and 3.32 ± 0.07, respectively.
The thyroid size was significantly associated with age (P<0.0001), weight (P<0.0001), height (P<0.0001), BMI (P<0.05), and BSA (P<0.0001) by Pearson’s correlation in both males and females.
The P50 (median) thyroid volumes of school children investigated in this study were generally larger compared to the WHO/ICCIDD reference data by age and body surface area.
The median value of urinary iodine concentration was 201.85 μg/L, which showed significant sex difference (P value <0.0001).
Excessive iodine nutrition (≥300 μg/L) was observed among 34.4% of male children and 27.6% of female children.
Also, 12.8% of the male and 19.5% of the female children had UIC below requirement (<100 μg/L).
The criteria of thyroid volume per age yielded a goitre prevalence of 2.2%.
In contrast, the criteria of thyroid volume by body surface area yielded a goitre prevalence of 0.9%.
Conclusion.
The study clearly indicated that adequate iodine nutrition exists generally among the school children.
However, insufficient and excessive iodine intakes still persist among some of the children.
The establishment of local reference values for thyroid volume that might be applicable to precisely define goitre prevalence in the Ghanaian context is highly recommended.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Gyamfi, Daniel& Wiafe, Yaw Amo& Ofori Awuah, Enoch& Adu, Evans Asamoah& Boadi, Emmanuel Kodie. 2020. Goitre Prevalence and Urinary Iodine Concentration in School-Aged Children in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. International Journal of Endocrinology،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1170261
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Gyamfi, Daniel…[et al.]. Goitre Prevalence and Urinary Iodine Concentration in School-Aged Children in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. International Journal of Endocrinology No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1170261
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Gyamfi, Daniel& Wiafe, Yaw Amo& Ofori Awuah, Enoch& Adu, Evans Asamoah& Boadi, Emmanuel Kodie. Goitre Prevalence and Urinary Iodine Concentration in School-Aged Children in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. International Journal of Endocrinology. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1170261
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1170261
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