Impact of the actions for the sustainable elimination of iodine deficiency in Cuba
Objectives. To assess the effectiveness of the Sustainable Elimination of Iodine Deficiency Program through determination of urinary iodine and goiter prevalence. Materials and methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Cuban school children aged 6 to 11 years old in 2011-2012. A stratified m...
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author | C. Blanca Terry-Berro Ibrahim Quintana-Jardines Maytell de la Paz-Luna Julieta García Raúl Fernández-Bohórquez Denise Silvera-Téllez Yoandry Díaz-Fuentes Ana Ferret-Martínez Denia Reyes-Fernández |
author_facet | C. Blanca Terry-Berro Ibrahim Quintana-Jardines Maytell de la Paz-Luna Julieta García Raúl Fernández-Bohórquez Denise Silvera-Téllez Yoandry Díaz-Fuentes Ana Ferret-Martínez Denia Reyes-Fernández |
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description | Objectives. To assess the effectiveness of the Sustainable Elimination of Iodine Deficiency Program through determination of urinary iodine and goiter prevalence. Materials and methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Cuban school children aged 6 to 11 years old in 2011-2012. A stratified multistage sample was used in which the levels of iodine excretion in urine (urinary iodine) and the presence of goiter were determined. Results. The median urinary iodine was 176.3 µg/L; 7.6% of the students showed some deficiency of iodine, only 2.2% were below 50 µg/L (severe deficiency), and 15.3% had urinary iodine above 300 µg/L. The percentage of school children with optimal iodine nutrition was 43.5%, this category showed a significantly higher frequency (p=0.03) in the mountain areas (52.5%). Goiter prevalence was 17.6% which corresponds to a mild endemic. However, in the mountain area the prevalence was 32.6% (severe endemic). Conclusions. The comprehensive analysis of the impact of iodine deficiency control measures assessed by urinary iodine excretion and goiter prevalence reflects that it is no longer a population health problem in urban and rural areas of Cuba, attributable to a proper process of salt iodization. Nevertheless, high goiter prevalence is still observed in the mountain area of Cuba. |
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spelling | doaj.art-3dd975f234ce4cfba7a29b09def924ff2022-12-21T18:55:31ZspaInstituto Nacional de SaludRevista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública1726-46341726-46422014-03-0131110.17843/rpmesp.2014.311.44Impact of the actions for the sustainable elimination of iodine deficiency in CubaC. Blanca Terry-Berro0Ibrahim Quintana-Jardines1Maytell de la Paz-Luna2Julieta García3Raúl Fernández-Bohórquez4Denise Silvera-Téllez5Yoandry Díaz-Fuentes6Ana Ferret-Martínez7Denia Reyes-Fernández8Instituto de Nutrición e Higiene de los Alimentos. La Habana, Cuba. Especialista en Higiene y Epidemiología, maestra en Ciencias en Salud Ambiental.Instituto de Nutrición e Higiene de los Alimentos. La Habana, Cuba. Especialista de I grado en Higiene y Epidemiología.Instituto de Nutrición e Higiene de los Alimentos. La Habana, Cuba. Especialista de I grado en Higiene y Epidemiología.Servicio de Endocrinología, Hospital Pediátrico de Santa Clara. Santa Clara, Cuba. Especialista en Endocrinología.Servicio de Radiología, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Calixto García. La Habana, Cuba. Especialista en Radiología.Instituto de Nutrición e Higiene de los Alimentos. La Habana, Cuba. Licenciado en alimentos.Instituto de Nutrición e Higiene de los Alimentos. La Habana, Cuba. licenciado en enfermería.Instituto de Nutrición e Higiene de los Alimentos. La Habana, Cuba. licenciado en alimentos.Instituto de Nutrición e Higiene de los Alimentos. La Habana, Cuba. técnico de laboratorio.Objectives. To assess the effectiveness of the Sustainable Elimination of Iodine Deficiency Program through determination of urinary iodine and goiter prevalence. Materials and methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Cuban school children aged 6 to 11 years old in 2011-2012. A stratified multistage sample was used in which the levels of iodine excretion in urine (urinary iodine) and the presence of goiter were determined. Results. The median urinary iodine was 176.3 µg/L; 7.6% of the students showed some deficiency of iodine, only 2.2% were below 50 µg/L (severe deficiency), and 15.3% had urinary iodine above 300 µg/L. The percentage of school children with optimal iodine nutrition was 43.5%, this category showed a significantly higher frequency (p=0.03) in the mountain areas (52.5%). Goiter prevalence was 17.6% which corresponds to a mild endemic. However, in the mountain area the prevalence was 32.6% (severe endemic). Conclusions. The comprehensive analysis of the impact of iodine deficiency control measures assessed by urinary iodine excretion and goiter prevalence reflects that it is no longer a population health problem in urban and rural areas of Cuba, attributable to a proper process of salt iodization. Nevertheless, high goiter prevalence is still observed in the mountain area of Cuba.https://rpmesp.ins.gob.pe/index.php/rpmesp/article/view/4deficiencia de yodobocio endémicoprogramas nacionales de saludevaluación en salud |
spellingShingle | C. Blanca Terry-Berro Ibrahim Quintana-Jardines Maytell de la Paz-Luna Julieta García Raúl Fernández-Bohórquez Denise Silvera-Téllez Yoandry Díaz-Fuentes Ana Ferret-Martínez Denia Reyes-Fernández Impact of the actions for the sustainable elimination of iodine deficiency in Cuba Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública deficiencia de yodo bocio endémico programas nacionales de salud evaluación en salud |
title | Impact of the actions for the sustainable elimination of iodine deficiency in Cuba |
title_full | Impact of the actions for the sustainable elimination of iodine deficiency in Cuba |
title_fullStr | Impact of the actions for the sustainable elimination of iodine deficiency in Cuba |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of the actions for the sustainable elimination of iodine deficiency in Cuba |
title_short | Impact of the actions for the sustainable elimination of iodine deficiency in Cuba |
title_sort | impact of the actions for the sustainable elimination of iodine deficiency in cuba |
topic | deficiencia de yodo bocio endémico programas nacionales de salud evaluación en salud |
url | https://rpmesp.ins.gob.pe/index.php/rpmesp/article/view/4 |
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