{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Inoue K"],"funding":["NIEHS NIH HHS"],"pagination":["913-920"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6916127"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["28(7)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Iodine deficiency has long been recognized as an important public health problem. Global approaches such as salt iodization that aim to overcome iodine deficiency have been successful. Meanwhile, they have led to excessive iodine consumption in some populations, thereby increasing the risks of iodine-induced thyroid dysfunction, as well as the comorbidities and mortality associated with hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism. This study aimed to elucidate whether iodine intake is associated with mortality among U.S. adults.<h4>Methods</h4>This was an observational study to estimate mortality risks according to urinary iodine concentration (UIC) utilizing a nationally representative sample of 12,264 adults aged 20-80 years enrolled in the National Health and Nutrition Examina"],"journal":["Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association"],"pubmed_title":["Urinary Iodine Concentration and Mortality Among U.S. Adults."],"pmcid":["PMC6916127"],"funding_grant_id":["R01 ES023451","R56 ES026600"],"pubmed_authors":["Leung AM","Ritz BR","Sugiyama T","Makita N","Nangaku M","Tsujimoto T","Inoue K"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Urinary Iodine Concentration and Mortality Among U.S. Adults.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Iodine deficiency has long been recognized as an important public health problem. Global approaches such as salt iodization that aim to overcome iodine deficiency have been successful. Meanwhile, they have led to excessive iodine consumption in some populations, thereby increasing the risks of iodine-induced thyroid dysfunction, as well as the comorbidities and mortality associated with hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism. This study aimed to elucidate whether iodine intake is associated with mortality among U.S. adults.<h4>Methods</h4>This was an observational study to estimate mortality risks according to urinary iodine concentration (UIC) utilizing a nationally representative sample of 12,264 adults aged 20-80 years enrolled in the National Health and Nutrition Examina","dates":{"release":"2018-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2018 Jul","modification":"2025-04-04T15:00:01.334Z","creation":"2025-04-04T15:00:01.334Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6916127","cross_references":{"pubmed":["29882490"],"doi":["10.1089/thy.2018.0034"]}}