Socio-demographic characteristics and Iodine status of the school-going children of Suryodaya Municipality, Ilam

Authors

  • Babita Adhikari Central Campus of Technology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
  • Praja Adhikari Central Campus of Technology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/jfstn.v12i12.23868

Keywords:

Iodine deficiency disorder, urinary iodine excretion, salt iodine content, urine iodine content

Abstract

Iodine deficiency disorder (IDD) is a major micronutrient deficiency problem in Nepal. This study was conducted with objective to measure the Urinary iodine excretion (UIE) and attempts were made to relate urinary iodine with salt use and other sociodemographic variables of household of primary school children of Suryodaya municipality of Ilam district of Nepal. A community based cross section study was conducted in two schools of study area selected randomly (lottery method). A total of 202 school children of 6-12 years were recruited for the study to collect urine and salt samples for urine iodine content (UIC) and salt iodine content (SIC) measurement respectively and detail information of study population was achieved from their household. UIC was measured by ammonium persulphate digestion microplate (APDM) method and SIC was estimated by rapid test kit (RTK). Data were expressed in frequency, mean±SD and median (IQR) according to the nature of data. Chi-square test, Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis test were used to test the significance considering p≤0.05 at 95% confidence interval. It was found that Median UIC of the study population was 152.14 µg/L. Overall; it was found that 30.7% children had urine iodine level less than the normal WHO levels. The availability of adequately iodized salt was 93.1% as measured by RTK. There was statically significant association between consumed salt iodine content and urine iodine excretion level (P < 0.05).

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Author Biographies

Babita Adhikari, Central Campus of Technology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Department of Nutrition & Dietetics

Praja Adhikari, Central Campus of Technology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Department of Nutrition & Dietetics

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Published

2020-12-19

How to Cite

Adhikari, B., & Adhikari, P. (2020). Socio-demographic characteristics and Iodine status of the school-going children of Suryodaya Municipality, Ilam. Journal of Food Science and Technology Nepal, 12(12), 31–36. https://doi.org/10.3126/jfstn.v12i12.23868

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