Fangang Meng, Peng Liu, Yang Du, Jinyin Yao, Lijun Fan, Chunpeng Lv, Yi Chen, Xianglan Chen, Wen Jiang, Wei Zhang, Dianjun Sun
In this study, the aim was to investigate the correlation between varying levels of urinary iodine concentration (UIC) in adults and the occurrence of thyroid diseases, with the additional objective of determining the optimal iodine status level for adults. A cross-sectional study was conducted on adults from six areas with different drinking water iodine concentrations (WIC) without eating iodized salt in Heze and Jining counties, Shandong Province, China. A total of 1336 adults were included in this study, and drinking water samples, blood samples, urine samples, thyroid ultrasound, and a questionnaire were collected...
April 15, 2024: Biological Trace Element Research