Assessment of iodine status of the population in Western Kazakhstan according to data of urinary iodine concentrations

Khatimya I. Kudabayeva, Gulbakit K. Koshmaganbetova, Yerlan Bazargaliyev, Akmaral M. Baspakova

2019

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DOI 10.18821/0016-9900-2016-95-3-251-254

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Abstract

AIM: To evaluate iodine status in the population of Western Kazakhstan on the example oftheAktobe region according to data of urinary iodine concentrations. There were examined 2257 children aged from 7 to 12 years. Urinary iodine was carried out in 10% of schoolchildren by semiquantitative method under field conditions. According to the 30-cluster survey the prevalence of goiter in the region amounted to 42.71 ± 1.04%. The proportion of children with optimal urinary iodine concentrations is only 12.8%, more than 300 mcg/l--57.82% of the children, more than 400 mcg/l was determined in 25.12% of the children. The high prevalence of goiter against the background of high rates of urinary iodine suggests the impact of other goitrogenic factors in the region.