Background Most modifiable risk factors for high blood pressure (BP), such as obesity and
salt intake, are imprinted in childhood and persist into adulthood. The aim of our study was …

Objective: The connection between increased dietary salt intake and arterial hypertension
has been recognized for a long time, even in children. This study aimed to investigate salt …

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is considered very important because of the increased risk for
cardiovascular diseases. Identifying modifiable factors may help prevent MetS. We aimed to …

OBJECTIVES: To examine the relationship between urinary pH and metabolic syndrome risk
factors along with insulin resistance in obese adolescents, and to evaluate the relationship …

Background: Researchers have increasingly sought noninvasive methods to determine
health and nutritional status in humans. Easy and painless to collect, human urine is a …

Results: The median UIC was 518.1 μg/l, the overall MWI was 247.0 μg/l, and 83% of
children sampled were found to have urinary iodine concentrations higher than the WHO …

Low urinary iodine concentration (UIC) is associated with dyslipidaemia in adults but is not
well characterised in adolescents. Because dyslipidaemia is a cardiovascular risk factor …

Background: Although a strong biological basis exists for a role of iodine in somatic growth
failure in childhood, this relation has not been previously studied on a large scale to our …

Background A common recommendation for the treatment of hypertension is dietary salt
intake restriction. However, dietary salt is one of the major sources of iodine. This study …

Background and Objectives Metabolic syndrome and high sodium intake are associated
with frequent cardiovascular events. Few studies have estimated sodium intake in subjects …