Table 2. Median and Mean (95% CI) of iodine-related parameters by region and age group .
|
Urinary Creatinine
(g/L) |
Urinary Iodine
(µg /L) |
Urinary Iodine/Creatinine
(µg /g) |
Salt Iodine
(ppm) |
|
| Total | 1.72c 1.86 (0.55,3.17)d |
129 137.62 (126.28,148.95) |
70.40 84.12 (76.21,92.03) |
24 21.69 (19.66,23.72) |
| Urban | 1.62 1.92 (1.75,2.09) |
120 133.85 (117.41,150.29) |
62.12 81.06 (69.48,92.64) |
24.30 22.73 (20.44,25.02) |
| Rural | 1.82 1.79 (1.87,5.45) |
136 142.99 (128.25,157.37) |
81.74 88.47 (78.89,98.32) |
22.20 20.23 (16.57,23.89) |
| P a | 0.333 | 0.438 | 0.368 | 0.262 |
| Age (y) | | | | |
| 14 | 1.72 1.75 (0.05,3.55) |
124.50 134.06 (115.88,152.24) |
63.89 92 (70.6,113.4( |
22.20 20.61 (17.6,23.62) |
| 15 | 1.42 1.84 (1.47,2.21) |
134 133.6118 (113.71,153.61) |
79.62 85.28 (71.08,99.45) |
21.20 20.89 (15.62,26.16) |
| 16 | 1.82 1.78 (1.51,2.05) |
118 129.35 (108.21,150.49) |
77.47 81.59 (69.42,93.76) |
29.60 25.36 (18.72,32) |
| 17 | 1.62 1.88 (1.59,2.17) |
128 150.24 (114.08,186.4) |
71.38 85.78 (70.28,101.28) |
27 24.42 (19.6,29.24) |
| 18 | 2.02 2.21 (1.84,2.58) |
144.18 144.18 (109.55,178.81) |
58.21 68.55 (54.64,82.46) |
21.20 21.07 (15.9,26.24) |
| P b | 0.294 | 0.798 | 0.496 | 0.608 |
a Independent samples t test, bANOVA, cMedian, dMean (95% CI).