A study on iodine nutritional status of school-age children in Anyang City of Henan Province, 2011-2015 / 中华地方病学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the iodine nutrition status of school-age children in Anyang,and analyze its related influencing factors.Method Monitoring data on urinary iodine of school-aged children and iodized salt were collected from 2011 to 2015,its general situation was described,and differences in age,sex,residential area type and year were compared.Results Totally 13 371 iodized salt samples were collected in Anyang City from 2011 to 2015,and 12 205 were qualified iodized salt.The median of iodized salt was 26.91 mg/kg.Totally 1 282 urinary iodine samples of school-age children were monitored in Anyang City,and its median of urinary iodine was 237.0 μg/L,the constituent ratio of urinary iodine of children under 100 μg/L and above 300 μg/L was 14.5％(186/ 1 282) and 35.3％ (452/1 282),respectively,the results of urinary iodine were different in different years,and the differences were statistically significant (x2 =36A1,P＜ 0.05);the differences of the residential area type,sex and age had no influence on the urinary iodine of school-age children,and the differences were not statistically significant (Z =-1.07,-0.94,x2 =6.50,P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion The iodine-nutritional status of school-age children is more than adequate,the concentration of urinary iodine is high,and the differences of the residential area type,sex and age have no influence on the urinary iodine of school-age children.