… Abstract Turkey is an iodine deficiency area. The overall goitre prevalence is thought to be
… iodine deficiency. However, it is suspected that there are regions where iodine deficiency …

… Reporting the results of UIC and salt iodine content in 2007, this report provides the current
nationwide iodine nutrition status in Turkey. It represents a continuum of the previous reports …

… iodine deficient areas in Turkey are more prevalent than mild iodine deficient and normal
areas… Nationwide screening for congenital hypothyroidism is necessary in Turkey. In addition to …

… cities in Turkey [10]. Since our aim was to simply confirm iodine deficiency in a clearly goitrous
population, we took an approximate of 300 samples from each area studied. Clusters of 9±…

… iodine concentration (UIC) of children was 7.00 μg/dl. This value reveals that Isparta is a region
with mild iodine deficiency. The … is a region with mild iodine deficiency, goiter prevalence …

… to the indicator of iodine deficiency elimination. However, although Istanbul is known to be
a city with the lowest risk of iodine deficiency in Turkey,7 the median urine iodine level was at …

… , Turkey is in an iodine-deficient area. In endemic areas the most common reason for congenital
hypothyroidism is iodine deficiency, whereas in the iodine… of iodine deficiency in patients …

… These data suggest that in the presence of inadequate iodine supply, Zn deficiency may be
… iodine deficiency in Turkey in both the euthyroid goiter and the control groups. Urinary iodine …

… population in Turkey suffers from ID, with this number varying by region (9). Studies done
after salt iodization became mandatory in Turkey in 1998 found a urinary iodine concentration (…

… DISCUSSION Our results supported the reported data that Kayseri was one of the iodine-deficient
areas of Turkey (16). UIE of the school-children indicates moderate to almost severe …