Quazi S, Mohiduzzaman M, Khan M R, Nahar B, Rahman M M, Islam M N, Baquer M, Pandav C S, Yusuf H K
Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Dhaka, 1000 Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Indian J Clin Biochem. 1997 Jul;12(2):128-33. doi: 10.1007/BF02873676.
Urinary iodine levels in children (5-11 years) and in adult males and females (15-44 years) of three ecological zones (hilly, flood-prone and plains) of Bangladesh were analyzed to determine the status of biochemical iodine deficiency in the country. Data indicated that a large majority of the population all over Bangladesh have biochemical iodine deficiency urinary iodine excretion (UIE) less than the accepted cut-off level of 10 μg/dl. Adults were deficient to comparable degrees, 31.3% severely iodine deficient. The flood-prone zone was less affected: 71.7% children had iodine deficiency and 25% were severely deficient. Adults of this zone were less affected than the children. Iodine deficiency was least severe in the plain zone: 59.8% children were biochemically iodine deficient and of them 23.4% had UIE less than 2.0 μg/dl. In the case of the adults of this zone, 60.8% were biochemically iodine deficient and 20.6% had severe iodine deficiency. The results indicate that Bangladesh as a whole is an iodine deficient region, with the hilly zone being the most severely affected. Children were slightly more affected than the adults, and females were more affected than the males.
对孟加拉国三个生态区域（丘陵地区、易洪区和平原地区）5至11岁儿童以及15至44岁成年男性和女性的尿碘水平进行了分析，以确定该国生物化学性碘缺乏的状况。数据表明，孟加拉国各地的绝大多数人口都存在生物化学性碘缺乏，尿碘排泄量（UIE）低于公认的临界水平10μg/dl。成年人的碘缺乏程度相当，31.3%为严重碘缺乏。易洪区受影响较小：71.7%的儿童碘缺乏，25%严重缺乏。该区域的成年人比儿童受影响小。碘缺乏在平原地区最不严重：59.8%的儿童存在生物化学性碘缺乏，其中23.4%的尿碘排泄量低于2.0μg/dl。在该区域的成年人中，60.8%存在生物化学性碘缺乏，20.6%严重碘缺乏。结果表明，孟加拉国总体上是一个碘缺乏地区，丘陵地区受影响最严重。儿童比成年人受影响略大，女性比男性受影响更大。
