Thyroid autoimmunity and dysfunction in Sri Lankan children and adolescents after twenty two years of sustained universal salt iodisation.

Conclusions Sri Lanka has safely and effectively implemented USI with good sources of iodine, leading to sustained iodine sufficiency over more than two decades. The early post-iodisation TgAb surge (42.1%) has settled (6.4%), and despite a persistently high TPOAb prevalence (10.3%), SCH prevalence remains reassuringly low (3%). Further studies should be undertaken to monitor thyroid autoimmune dysfunction in Sri Lankan children, using age specific, population derived reference ranges. PMID: 33406977 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - Category: Endocrinology Tags: Thyroid Source Type: research