ea0013p304 | Thyroid | SFEBES2007
Burns Robert
, Mayne PD
, Keating Garret
, Smith DF
, Byrne Elizabeth
, Higgins Mary
, Staines AJ
, OHerlihy C
, Smyth PPA
Despite the relative absence of iodised salt (only ∼4% of table salt is iodised), Ireland has not been regarded as a region with a high prevalence of iodine deficiency disorders. However a recent and worrying decline in urinary iodine (UI) excretion, most marked in the summer months, was observed with median UI of 6183 ug/L between 1988 and 1999; falling to 45.0 ug/L in 2004 and to 42.5 ug/L in 2005 with UI values <50 ug/L (64.5% and 73.9% respectively in summe...