Indian Pediatr. 2012 Apr;49(4):332-3.
The aim of this study is to find out the iodine nutrition and thyroid function status of the school age children of Sunsari and Dhankuta districts. A total of 386 urine and 142 blood samples were randomly collected from four schools of above districts to estimate urinary iodine and thyroid hormones, respectively. Median UIE of Dhankuta and Sunsari were 238.00 ug/L and 294.96 ug/L respectively. Relatively higher percentage (31.8%) of subclinical hypothyroid cases was found in Sunsari than Dhankuta (29.59%).
本研究旨在调查桑萨里和丹库塔地区学龄儿童的碘营养和甲状腺功能状况。本研究共从上述两个地区的四所学校随机采集了 386 份尿液和 142 份血液样本，分别用于估计尿碘和甲状腺激素。丹库塔和桑萨里的中位数 UIE 分别为 238.00 ug/L 和 294.96 ug/L。与丹库塔相比，桑萨里的亚临床甲状腺功能减退症病例比例相对较高（31.8%）（29.59%）。
