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Prevalence of goitre in school children in Baramulla (Kashmir valley)
A H Zargar1, J A Shah, S R Masoodi
1Department of Endocrinology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Kashmir.
Indian Journal of Pediatrics
|March 1, 1997
Abstract:
1,876 school children were surveyed in Baramulla district of Kashmir for the presence of goitre. There were 964 boys and 912 girls in the age group of 5-15 years. An overall goitre prevalence of 52.08 per cent was found (54.77% in boys and 49.23% in girls). Iodine content was assayed in urine samples of 44 randomly selected subjects. The mean +/- SEM urinary iodine was 41.85 +/- 2.52 micrograms/g of creatinine (Range 6.25-69.41).