| Quantification of urinary iodine: a need for revised thresholds. | |
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PMID: 12947440 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To compare different possibilities of reporting the iodine supply in the same urine samples. Indeed, in field studies, urinary iodine concentration (I/L: micro g I/L, micro mol I/L, I/creatinine: micro g I/g creatanine, micro mol I/mol creatinine) is more readily available than excretion (I/24h micro g I/24 h, micro mol I/24h). However, confusion exists regarding the comparability of iodine supply based upon I/L, I/creatinine and I/24h, which for decades have been regarded as biochemically equivalent. DESIGN: We compared I/24h, I/L and I/creatinine in accurate 24 h collections of urine and I/L and I/creatinine in 47 spot urine samples. PATIENTS: A total of 13 subjects (Bern n=7, Brussels n=6) collected a total of 110 precise 24 h urine collections (Bern n=63, Brussels n=47). The subjects from Brussels also took a spot sample at the beginning of each 24 h collection. RESULTS: Iodine supply in both places was mildly deficient according to the criteria of WHO; all but one collection indicated an intake of >0.39 micro mol I/24h (>50 micro g I/24h). The same data presented as I/creatinine (or I/L) indicated an iodine intake of <0.39 (<50 micro g I/24h) in 5% (24%) of the samples in Bern and 23% (57%) in Brussels. Similar findings were observed for 47 spot samples. Whatever the cut-off selected, I/creatinine and I/L were systematically lower than I/24h (P<0.0002). Creatinine showed smaller CV than volume but did not perform better in defining iodine intake. CONCLUSION: Considering I/24h as a reference, both I/creatinine and I/L clearly underestimate the iodine intake in subjects with adequate proteoenergetic intake. The significant deviations observed illustrate the urgent need for establishing separate ranges for I/24h, I/creatinine and I/L. In population studies, these deviations might even be larger. |
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Authors:
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C Als; C Minder; D Willems; H V Van Thi; H Gerber; P Bourdoux |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: European journal of clinical nutrition Volume: 57 ISSN: 0954-3007 ISO Abbreviation: Eur J Clin Nutr Publication Date: 2003 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2003-08-29 Completed Date: 2004-02-10 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8804070 Medline TA: Eur J Clin Nutr Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1181-8 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Institute of Pathology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. |
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Adult Creatinine / urine Female Humans Iodine / urine* Male Malnutrition / diagnosis*, urine* Middle Aged Reference Values Reproducibility of Results Statistics, Nonparametric Time Factors |
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60-27-5/Creatinine; 7553-56-2/Iodine |
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