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ea0025oc3.8 | Pituitary and thyroid | SFEBES2011

Assessment of the UK iodine status: a National Survey

Vanderpump Mark , Lazarus John , Smyth Peter , Burns Robert , Eggo Margaret , Han Thang , Williams Graham , Torlinska Barbara , Mullan Karen , Pearce Simon , Razvi Salman , Lean Mike , Aspray Emile Combet , Bannon Denise , Abraham Prakash , Vadia Bijay , Leese Graham , Laurberg Peter , Boelaert Kristien , Franklyn Jayne

Inadequate dietary iodine intake is the most common cause of preventable mental impairment worldwide and is defined by the WHO as a population median urinary iodine (UI) excretion <100 μg/l. No contemporary data are available for the UK according to the ICCIDD. The UK has no programme of food/salt iodination.We have performed a systematic assessment of the current UK iodine status in 14–15 years old schoolgirls. Seven hundred and eighty-fiv...