Iodine supplementation and thyroid status in iodine deficient risk groups in rural regions of Belarus in 1999–2016

Authors

  • Sergey V. Petrenko Belarusian State University, International Sakharov Environmental Institute Dolgobrodskaya street, 23/1, 220070, Minsk, Belarus
  • Irina V. Dardynskaia World Health Center «Great Lakes», Taylor street, (MC 923), 1603 W, 60612, Chicago, USA
  • Boris Y. Leushev Belarusian State University, International Sakharov Environmental Institute Dolgobrodskaya street, 23/1, 220070, Minsk, Belarus
  • Tatiana V. Mokhort Belarusian State Medical University, Nazavisimosti avenue, 64, 220040, 1-st Clinical Hospital, Minsk, Belarus
  • Natalia D. Kolomietz Belarusian Medical Academy of Post-graduate Training, Lesnoj, 31, 223040, Minsk region, Belarus
  • Ekaterina V. Fedorenko National Research and Practical Center for Hygiene, Academicheskaya street, 8, 220040, Minsk, Belarus
  • Elena G. Mokhort Belarusian State Medical University, Nazavisimosti avenue, 64, 220040, 1-st Clinical Hospital, Minsk, Belarus
  • Olga A. Bartoshevich Liakhovichi Central Regional Hospital, Pushkin lane, 7, 225372, Liakhovichi, Brest region, Belarus

Keywords:

median of iodine excretion, goiter, children, pregnant women, rural area
Supporting Agencies
The authors would like to express special thanks of gratitude to the following organizations for their support of the study: UNICEF in Belarus; Iodine Global Network (IGN); Ministry of Education Republic of Belarus.

Abstract

The stable indexes of iodine supplementation and thyroid status was found in schoolchildren and pregnant women from rural iodine deficient areas of Belarus in 1999–2016. Median urinary iodine excretion level increased from 165,7 µg/l in 2015 to 233,0 µg/l in 2016 in children. In pregnant women also, there was found the increasing of median excretion of iodine from 107,5 µg/l in 2015 to 149,1 µg/l for that period of time. The figures of goiter rate in children were also increased from 7,8 to 7,3 per cent and from 16,7 to 14,7 per cent in pregnant women. The data evidence that Belorussian model of iodine deficiency elimination occurred to be effective almost in all risk groups except pregnant women from rural area.

Author Biographies

  • Sergey V. Petrenko, Belarusian State University, International Sakharov Environmental Institute Dolgobrodskaya street, 23/1, 220070, Minsk, Belarus

    PhD (medical), associate professor, leading researcher

  • Irina V. Dardynskaia, World Health Center «Great Lakes», Taylor street, (MC 923), 1603 W, 60612, Chicago, USA

    professor of the Great Lakes Center for occupational and environmental safety and health of the University of Illinois, Chicago

  • Boris Y. Leushev, Belarusian State University, International Sakharov Environmental Institute Dolgobrodskaya street, 23/1, 220070, Minsk, Belarus

    researcher; research sector

  • Tatiana V. Mokhort, Belarusian State Medical University, Nazavisimosti avenue, 64, 220040, 1-st Clinical Hospital, Minsk, Belarus

    doctor of science (medical), professor; head of the department of endocrinology

  • Natalia D. Kolomietz, Belarusian Medical Academy of Post-graduate Training, Lesnoj, 31, 223040, Minsk region, Belarus

    doctor of science (medical), professor; head of the department of epidemiology and microbiology

  • Ekaterina V. Fedorenko, National Research and Practical Center for Hygiene, Academicheskaya street, 8, 220040, Minsk, Belarus

    PhD (medical), associate professor; deputy director

  • Elena G. Mokhort, Belarusian State Medical University, Nazavisimosti avenue, 64, 220040, 1-st Clinical Hospital, Minsk, Belarus

    PhD (medical), associate professor; head of the department of endocrinology

  • Olga A. Bartoshevich, Liakhovichi Central Regional Hospital, Pushkin lane, 7, 225372, Liakhovichi, Brest region, Belarus

    endocrinologist

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Published

2018-04-08

Issue

No. 4 (2017): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Ecology

Section

Medical Ecology

How to Cite

[1]
Petrenko, S.V. et al. 2018. Iodine supplementation and thyroid status in iodine deficient risk groups in rural regions of Belarus in 1999–2016. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Ecology. 4 (Apr. 2018), 63–69.