Prevalence of iodine deficiency among adult population residing in Rural Ballabgarh, district Faridabad, Haryana

Ayush Lohiya; Kapil Yadav; Shashi Kant; Rakesh Kumar; Chandrakant S Pandav

doi:10.4103/0019-557X.169668

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Year : 2015 | Volume : 59 | Issue : 4 | Page : 314-317

Prevalence of iodine deficiency among adult population residing in Rural Ballabgarh, district Faridabad, Haryana

Ayush Lohiya¹, Kapil Yadav², Shashi Kant³, Rakesh Kumar⁴, Chandrakant S Pandav⁵
¹ Junior Resident, Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
² Assistant Professor, Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
³ Professor, Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
⁴ Indian Coalition for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders, New Delhi, India
⁵ Professor and Head, Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Correspondence Address:
Kapil Yadav
Assistant Professor, Room No. 25, Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi - 110 029
India

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/0019-557X.169668

Community-based surveys are essential to monitor iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) program at both the state and national levels. There is paucity of information on population iodine nutrition status in Haryana state using standard methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted in villages of Comprehensive Rural Health Services Project (CRHSP), Ballabgarh, Haryana, India. A total of 465 randomly selected individuals were assessed for urinary iodine concentration (UIC) by microplate method and household salt iodine content using iodometric titration. Of the interviewed households, 73% were using adequately iodized salt (≥15 ppm). Iodine nutrition was deficient in 17% respondents (UIC <100 μg/L); 20.2% among males and 13.9% among females. Iodine intake of the study population as measured by UIC was adequate but nearly one-fourth of households in the study population were consuming inadequately iodized salt. The availability and access to adequately iodized salt in the study population should be improved by strengthening regulatory monitoring.

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