U Venkateswara Prasad, Phaniraj Vastrad, Sirshendu Chaudhuri, Rahul Kirte, Basavraj V Peerapur, G Ajay Kumar, N A Gururaj, Kavitha Patil, B Y Yuvaraj, Vijaykumar Mane, Vijayanath Itagi, Pallavi M Kesari, Chandrakanth Chillargi, T Gangadhara Goud, M Sameena, A S Dorle, Shrinivas K Patil, Ashoka S Mallapur, Anish Mohan Nair, Subarna Roy
INTRODUCTION: Iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) have remained an unresolved public health problem in India. In this survey, we have estimated the prevalence of IDD among 6-12 years of school children in rural areas of north Karnataka, India and estimated the prevalence of low iodine content (<15 ppm) in salt at the household level and urine iodine excretion in this population. MATERIAL AND METHODS: In this cross-sectional survey, we recruited 16,827 children between 6 and 12 years of age through multistage sampling from six districts...
September 2023: Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care