Surgery on Children
Iodine nutrition, bamboo shoot consumption, thiocyanate exposure, thyroid function, weight and height, and associations among them in the tribal children of Tripura, North-east India
By Indrajit Ray, Amar Kumar Chandra, Saru Kumar Debbarma and 3 others.
Abstract
Aims
To evaluate the status of iodine consumption (IC) and bamboo shoot consumption (BSC) and their impacts on Tripura’s iodized salt-consuming tribal population, this study aimed at assessing iodine nutrition, BSC, thiocyanate exposure, thyroid function, weight and height, and associations among them in Tripura’s tribal children.
Methods
This cross-sectional study included 127 children aged 6-12 years from Deorachhara, Unakoti and Naithangchhara. The study assessed thyroid volume (TV), free thyroxine (FT4), free triiodothyronine (FT3), thyrotropin, thyroglobulin antibody (Tg-Ab), thyroid peroxidase antibody (TPO-Ab), urinary iodine (UI), urinary thiocyanate (USCN), salt iodine, water iodine, weight, height and BSC.