Cetorelli L, Galante A, Pennetti V
Nutr Metab. 1975;19(1-2):55-64. doi: 10.1159/000175647.
The results of a clinical survey, relative to goiter prevalence and carried out on 2,805 male and female subjects aged from 6 to 15 years, in five small towns in the province of Caltanissetta (Sicily), are reported. Along with clinical examinations, urinary iodine determinations were performed. The identification and classification of goiter have been carried out according to criteria suggested by WHO. Considering both sexes together, 33.6% of the children presented type 1 goiter, and 4.6% presented type 2. Goiter prevalence in the five areas studied appeared to be related to the differences in the iodine content of the various drinking waters. The patterns of urinary iodine excretion, expressed as I/C ratio and derived from determinations performed on 924 of the total number of subjects examined, are reported. An analysis of these data shows that the school population as a whole, in these endemic goitrous areas, presented I/C values significantly different between goiter subjects and non-goiter subjects.
报告了在卡尔塔尼塞塔省（西西里岛）五个小镇对2805名6至15岁男女进行的一项关于甲状腺肿患病率的临床调查结果。除临床检查外，还进行了尿碘测定。甲状腺肿的识别和分类是根据世界卫生组织建议的标准进行的。综合考虑男女两性，33.6%的儿童患有1型甲状腺肿，4.6%患有2型。在所研究的五个地区，甲状腺肿患病率似乎与各种饮用水中碘含量的差异有关。报告了以I/C比值表示的尿碘排泄模式，该模式来自于对所检查的924名受试者进行的测定。对这些数据的分析表明，在这些地方性甲状腺肿流行地区，总体上学龄儿童中，甲状腺肿患者和非甲状腺肿患者的I/C值存在显著差异。
