Beneficial effects of iodized salt prophylaxis on thyroid volume in an iodine deficient area of southern Italy

Objective and subjects  Goitre prevalence in school‐age children is an indicator of the severity of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) in an endemic area. The aims of the present study were (i) to provide ultrasound thyroid volume (TV) reference values in a healthy population of school‐children aged 11–14 year living in iodine‐sufficient areas of Calabria region (ii) to assess both goitre prevalence and urinary iodine (UI) concentration in all children aged 11–14 year from four mildly iodine‐deficient areas in which we have carried out a program of salt iodization and (iii) to evaluate the efficacy of the iodoprophylaxis in an adult population living in a small village of the same endemic area.

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