Iodine nutrition and prevalence of sonographic thyroid findings in adults in the Heilongjiang Province, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Thyroid disease and thyroid nodules are common clinical problems. Iodine nutrition plays an important role in thyroid disease evolution. Here, we aimed to estimate the iodine nutritional status and prevalence of thyroid disease in the adults of the Heilongjiang Province in northeast China.

Methods

We performed a cross-sectional ultrasound (US)-based survey on volunteers aged 20-70 years from 30 regions of the Heilongjiang Province. The participants were recruited using the probability proportional to size (PPS) method, and consent for US screening was obtained from them. The survey was performed by trained technicians using the same US equipment with a 6-15 MHz linear transducer (MyLab 30 cv, Italy) and was hosted in public community locations such as local hospit

SUBMITTER: Miao K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7723618 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature