Investigation on Iodine Nutritional Status among Residents in Coastal Areas of Shouguang City,2009

[Objective] To understand iodine nutritional status among residents in coastal areas of Shouguang,to provide basis for prevention and control of iodine deficiency disorders(IDD).[Methods]The content of iodine in drinking water was tested in 3 towns of the district in 2009,urinary iodine content was tested for all the primary school students aged from 8 to 10 in 2 villages of each town,as well as the iodine content in salt from 10 households.[Results]Iodine content was tested for the drinking water from 111 wells,the median of iodine content in drinking water was 94.1μg/L,the content was over 150 μg/L accounted for 17.12%,6 terminal tap water samples collected from Yangkou town were tested,iodine content was from 8.9 μg/L to 9.7 μg/L.The median of urinary iodine of the 275 children aged 8 to 10 who drink local well water was 345.6 μg/L,well the 60 children who drink tap water was 251.5 μg/L.The content of iodine in salt from 60 families was 31.6±7.8 mg/kg in which iodized salt accounted for 85.00% and 100.00% of which was up to standard.[Conclusion]The iodine nutritional status in residents living in coastal areas in Shouguang was appropriate but the content of iodine was higher in a few of the villages.