Evaluation of Goitre and its Sociodemographic Risk Factors among Rural School Children of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, India

Anusha, AS; Gopalakrishnan, S; Savitha, A K; Rama, R

doi:10.7860/jcdr/2018/34477.11638

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“…Family history has not shown a significant association with goitre. In contrast to studies in Denmark (39) and India (40) , where the familial occurrence of goitre was associated with goitre prevalence. The nutritional nature of goitre in South Kordofan may mask familial effects.…”

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Prevalence and determinants of goitre among children of South Kordofan state, Sudan, 2021: an urgent need for effective implementation of universal salt iodisation

Abdalla,

Altahir,

Hasabo

et al. 2023

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: This study aimed to determine the prevalence and determinants of goiter among children aged 6-12 years at South Kordofan State. Design: This was a cross-sectional facility-based study. Setting: The study was conducted in 20 villages of South Kordofan State during a medical mission. Participants: All 575 school-age children (6 to 12 years) who attended the medical day were examined for clinical assessment of goiter. Results: The prevalence of goiter among children of South Kordofan was 42.8% (grade 1: 15.7%, grade 2: 27.1%). Only 24.2% of caregivers reported using iodized salt. Mothers working as farmers (OR: 3.209, CI 95% 1.437 – 7.167; p= 0.004) and children of Darforian tribes (OR: 21.799, CI 95% 2.566 - 185.226; p= 0.005) were found to be significantly associated with higher prevalence of goiter among children. This contrasts with children of African tribes, where they were found to have less goiter prevalence (OR: 0.432, CI 95% 0.213-0.875; p= 0.02). Iodized salt utilization (OR = 0.523, CI 95% 0.320 - 0.854; p= 0.01) was found associated with a lower prevalence of goiter. Conclusion: Even though IDD control programs were initiated in Sudan more than 25 years ago, the prevalence of goiter among children in South Kordofan State was alarming (42.8%). Efforts to improve access to iodized salt, increase utilization, and raise awareness are urgently needed.

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Prevalence and determinants of goitre among children of South Kordofan state, Sudan, 2021: an urgent need for effective implementation of universal salt iodisation

Abdalla,

Altahir,

Hasabo

et al. 2023

Public Health Nutr.

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“…Variables that have shown statistically significant associations in bivariate analyses or Pvalue less than 0.05 as well as those variables with the theoretical associations were entered in to multiple logistic regression models to assess for their independent contributions. The variables with theoretical associations refer to the variables age, consuming maize, and iodine content of the salt that didn't show statistically significant associations with the status of goiter among school children during bivariate analysis of this study despite the fact that they were reported as risk factors for the development of goiter among school -aged children in some previous similar studies [5,[33][34][35]. The presence of association was determined by the odds ratio and level of significance (P-value < 0.05).…”

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Prevalence of goiter and its associated factors among primary school children in Chole District, Arsi Zone, Ethiopia: a cross- sectional study

Bekele¹,

Adilo²

2019

BMC Nutr

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Background: Goiter remains one of the major public health problems particularly among young children in economically disadvantaged countries like Ethiopia. The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of goiter and its associated factors among children aged 6-12 years in Chole district, Arsi Zone, Eastern Ethiopia. Methods: A school based cross-sectional study was conducted in February, 2017 among 422 primary school children in Chole district, eastern Ethiopia. The schools and study subjects were randomly selected. A structured, pretested and interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect the required data. It was conducted after getting due consents from the school administration and assent from caregiver/parent. Spot testing kits were used to estimate the level of iodine in salts. Descriptive statistics, cross-tabulations for chi-square test, and bivariate and multivariate logistic regression models were used to show the magnitude of goiter and its associated factors. Odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals were computed to determine the presence and strengths of associations. Results: From the 422 study participants, 407 (96.4%) completed the questionnaire. Of these 205(50.3%) were female. The mean age of participant school children was 9.87(SD ± 1.6) years. The prevalence of goiter among study subjects was 36.6% (95% CI, 31.6-40.8%). History of goiter in the family (AOR = 6.80; 95% CI: 3.34-13.84), cabbage consumption (AOR = 2.52; 95% CI: 1.38-4.60) and living with family in a single room (AOR = 2.30; 95% CI: 1.13-4.67) were positively associated with the development of goiter among primary school children in Chole district, eastern Ethiopia. But consuming milk (AOR =0.37; 95% CI: 0.23-0.59) was found to be negatively associated or protective against the development of goiter among the study subjects. Conclusions: Iodine deficiency was found to be significant public health problem in the study area. Consuming milk was found to be protective, whereas consuming goitrogenic foods like cabbage were found to be the risk factors for the development of goiter among school-aged children. Thus, ensuring the consumption of iodized salt and promoting iodine rich food items among the community in Chole district and other similar settings in Ethiopia are strongly recommended.

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“…15 The productivity loss due to the negative impact of iodine deficiency on health, poor physical growth, compromised intellectual capacity and lower educational attainment in Ethiopia was estimated to be 64 billion Ethiopian Birr (ETB) [2 billion United States Dollars (USD)] between 2006 and 2015. 16 Different studies revealed that age, [17][18][19][20] sex, 17,21-23 socioeconomic status, 18,20,24 family history of goiter, 20 excessive consumption of goitrogenic foods, 21,[24][25][26][27] and level of iodine in household salt 17,18,22,24,27 have been shown to be the major risk factors for goiter.…”

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Prevalence of Goiter and Associated Factors Among Adolescents in Gazgibla District, Northeast Ethiopia

Gebremichael¹,

Demena

Egata

et al. 2020

Glob Adv Health Med

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Background Although goiter is a major public health problem in Ethiopia and affects a large number of people, there was little evidence among adolescents particularly in Northern Ethiopia. This study was, therefore, aimed at investigating the prevalence of goiter and associated factors among adolescents in Gazgibla District, Northeast Ethiopia. Methods A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 596 adolescents from August 5–30, 2019. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire. Adolescents were assessed for goiter based on World Health Organization criteria. The level of iodine in household salt samples was tested using rapid test kit. Data were entered into EpiData version 3.1 and exported into Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 22.0 for statistical analysis. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was done to control for all possible confounders and to identify predictors of goiter. Odds ratio along with 95% confidence interval (CI) was estimated to measure the strength of the association. Level of statistical significance was declared at P ≤ .05. Results The prevalence of goiter among adolescents was 42.5% (95% CI: 38.4%, 46.7%). Being a female (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 1.83, 95% CI: 1.18, 2.85), family history of goiter (AOR = 3.63, 95% CI: 2.31, 5.69), cabbage consumption at least once per week (AOR = 4.6, 95% CI: 2.42, 8.74), not consuming meat at all (AOR = 2.5, 95% CI: 1.17, 5.32), not consuming milk at all (AOR = 2.19, 95% CI: 1.19, 4.03), and inadequate iodine level of household salt (AOR = 7.05, 95% CI: 3.83, 12.97) were significantly associated with the development of goiter among adolescents. Conclusions The prevalence of goiter was very high in the study area. Therefore, the health sector of the district should invest efforts on improving the community’s awareness through disseminating key messages about iodized salt and iodine-rich foods.

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Evaluation of Goitre and its Sociodemographic Risk Factors among Rural School Children of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, India

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Prevalence and determinants of goitre among children of South Kordofan state, Sudan, 2021: an urgent need for effective implementation of universal salt iodisation

Prevalence and determinants of goitre among children of South Kordofan state, Sudan, 2021: an urgent need for effective implementation of universal salt iodisation

Prevalence of goiter and its associated factors among primary school children in Chole District, Arsi Zone, Ethiopia: a cross- sectional study

Prevalence of Goiter and Associated Factors Among Adolescents in Gazgibla District, Northeast Ethiopia

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