Estudio de la ingesta de yodo en los niños de 6 meses a 3 años de edad de Guipúzcoa
- Autores: José Arena Ansótegui, José Ignacio Emparanza
- Localización: Anales de Pediatría: Publicación Oficial de la Asociación Española de Pediatría ( AEP ), ISSN-e 1696-4608, ISSN 1695-4033, Vol. 76, Nº. 2, 2012, págs. 65-68
- Idioma: español
- Títulos paralelos:
- Study of iodine intake in children from 6 months to three years-old in Guipúzcoa
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Resumen
Objective To assess whether iodine deficiency exists in healthy children aged 6 months to 3 years by measuring urinary iodine.
Design A descriptive, cross-sectional study using purposeful sampling of children who attended 10 Primary Health Care centres in Guipúzcoa for routine health examinations.
Subjects A total of 130 healthy children aged between 6 and 36 months, of whom 61 (46.9%) were girls and 69 (53.1%) boys.
Measurements Age in months, origin, sex, nutritional survey (particularly intake of iodised salt, sea fish and dairy products) and urinary iodine excretion in a random urine sample.
Results The median urinary iodine was 127µg/L. About one third (36.9%) of children had a urinary iodine below 100µg/L. No relationship was found between urinary iodine and nutritional survey variables.
Conclusion Iodine intake in the children studied is adequate according to WHO recommendations
