Table 3.
The iodine supplement measure of adults and pregnant women.
| Type | District | Number | Iodine Supplement Measures* (N/%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISa | ISFb | IFc | ISPd | ISFPe | |||
| Pregnant women | Fujian | 319 | 74/23.2 | 197/61.8 | 20/6.3 | 8/2.4 | 20/6.3 |
| Shanxi | 852 | 576/67.6 | 263/30.9 | 7/0.8 | 3/0.35 | 3/0.35 | |
| Yunnan | 409 | 275/67.2 | 130/31.8 | 1/0.2 | 3/0.8 | 0/0.0 | |
| Xinjiang | 403 | 297/73.7 | 72/17.9 | 4/1.0 | 19/4.7 | 11/2.7 | |
| Total | 1983 | 1,222/61.6 | 662/33.4 | 32/1.6 | 33/1.7 | 34/1.7 | |
| Adults | Fujian | 329 | 130/39.5 | 186/56.5 | 12/3.6 | 0/0.0 | 1/0.3 |
| Shanxi | 395 | 297/75.2 | 89/22.5 | 2/0.5 | 5/1.3 | 2/0.5 | |
| Yunnan | 428 | 264/61.7 | 158/37.0 | 2/0.5 | 3/0.7 | 1/0.1 | |
| Xinjiang | 366 | 336/91.8 | 27/7.4 | 2/0.5 | 1/0.3 | 0/0.0 | |
| Total | 1518 | 1,027/67.7 | 460/30.3 | 18/1.2 | 9/0.6 | 4/0.3 | |
* represented the iodine supplement measures of pregnant women and adults were different and P < 0.01.
aIS, Iodine Salt.
bISF, Iodine Salt + Iodine rich Food.
cIF, Iodine rich Food, refers to eating more than once per month of 50 grams or above, wet weight of kelp, seaweed etc. and not eating iodized salt.
dISP, Iodine Salt + Iodine Preparation.
eISFP, Iodine Salt + Iodine rich Food + Iodine Preparation.