More than adequate iodine intake may increase subclinical hypothyroidism and autoimmune thyroiditis: A cross-sectional study based on two Chinese communities with different iodine intake levels

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 943-950

  Teng, Xiaochun ^a   Shan, Zhongyan ^a   Chen, Yanyan ^a   Lai, Yaxin ^a   Yu, Jiashu ^a   Shan, Ling ^a   Bai, Xue ^a   Li, Yuanbin ^a   Li, Ningna ^a   Li, Zhidan ^a   Wang, Sen ^a   Xing, Qian ^a   Xue, Haibo ^a   Zhu, Lin ^a   Hou, Xin ^a   Fan, Chenling ^a   Teng, Weiping ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; B SCAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GOITER; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; RURAL POPULATION; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GRAVES DISEASE; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TOXIC GOITER; UPREGULATION; URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; IODINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957701163     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-10-1041     Document Type: Article

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