Background: Iodine deficiency has long been recognized as an important public health
problem. Global approaches such as salt iodization that aim to overcome iodine deficiency …

Background: Longitudinal data assessing the impact of iodine deficiency (ID) on mortality
are scarce. We aimed to study the association between the state of iodine nutrition and the …

Iodine is essential for thyroid hormone synthesis. High iodine intakes are well tolerated by
most healthy individuals, but in some people, excess iodine intakes may precipitate …

Background: Iodine is important in both thyroid function and human metabolism. Studies
have explored the effect of iodine on metabolic disorders through thyroid function. This study …

Aim The relationship between thyroid status and metabolic factors was investigated as well
as iodine nutrition in the general population and among the elderly population. Methods We …

Background: This report presents urinary iodine (UI) concentrations for the general US
population during 2005–2006 and 2007–2008. These findings are the fourth and fifth …

Iodine is a trace micronutrient that is critical for normal thyroid function and human health.
Inadequate dietary intake is associated with cognitive impairment, infertility, growth …

Background and aims Low body iodine levels are associated with cardiovascular disease, in
part through alterations in thyroid function. While this association suggested from animal …

Depending on the availability of iodine, the thyroid gland is able to enhance or limit the use
of iodine for thyroid hormone production. When compensation fails, as in severely iodine …

The relationship between the iodine intake level of a population and the occurrence of
thyroid diseases is Ushaped with an increase in risk from both low and high iodine intakes …