Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Sales of iodized table salt (household use, bulk containers) have been flat in Germany since 1996/97. Nevertheless, the amount of iodide excreted with the urine has been steadily on the rise in the German population since 1993.Aim of the study: We investigated the beverage iodine levels as possible source of the increased input of iodine into the food chain. No systematic studies on this topic have yet been carried out in Germany.<p class...

Question: Can be reliably diagnosed osteoporosis with quantitative ultrasound of bone? Can the therapeutic progress of a specific osteoporosis therapy reliably judged by that?Patients and methods: Three hundred and twenty patients were enrolled between July 1999 and October 2004. All patients were studied in the osteoporosis clinic at time 0, after 1, 2 and 3 years. BMD was done with Hologic QDR-1000 (low back or hip) and the Osteometer DTU one (paramete...

Background: Recent regional and German wide investigations have shown that the abolition of the requirement to declare iodine in foodstuffs and the greater emphasis on information about goitre prevention led to an increase in urinary iodine excretion in German schoolchildren. There was also a decrease in thyroid size and goitre prevalence in children. No up to date results in adults for the whole of Germany are available.Methods: In 2005, we examined the...