Reliability of studies of iodine intake and recommendations for number of samples in groups and in individuals
Reliability of studies of iodine intake and recommendations for number of samples in groups and in individuals
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DOI:
10.1017/s0007114507842292
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发表时间:
2008-04-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Laurberg, Peter
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作者:
Andersen, Stig;Karmisholt, Jesper;Laurberg, Peter
The iodine intake level in a population is determined in cross-sectional studies. Urinary iodine varies considerably and the reliability of studies of iodine nutrition and the number of samples needed is unsettled. We performed a longitudinal study of sixteen healthy men living in an area of mild to moderate iodine deficiency. Iodine and creatinine concentrations were measured in spot urine samples collected monthly for 13 months. From these data we calculated the number of urine samples needed to determine the iodine excretion level for crude urinary iodine and for 24 h iodine excretion estimated from age- and gender-specific creatinine excretions. We found that mean urinary iodine excretion varied from 30 to 87 mu g/l (31 to 91 mu g/24 h). Sample iodine varied from 10 to 260 mu g/l (20 to 161 mu g/24 h). Crude urinary iodine varied more than estimated 24 h iodine excretion (population standard deviation 32 v. 26; individual standard deviation 29 v. 21; Bartlett's test, P