Prevalence of Thyroid Disorders in School Children In Delhi - Post lodization Scenario
An epidemiological survey conducted under the first phase of EMR project on "Effects of
Homoeopathic treatment on natural history of autoimmune thyroiditis"
V.K. Chauhan1
, R.K. Manchanda 2
, Archan a Narang1
* , R.K. Marwaha 3
, Saurav Arora1
, Latika Nagpal
1
1. Dr. B. R. Sur Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital, New Delhi,
2. Directorate of ISM&H, Delhi,
3. Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences, Timarpur, Delhi
This article was published in Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy
Vol. 3, No. 3, July-September 2009
Screening of 4543 children between 6-18 years of age from different schools of Delhi was done
during the first phase of research study under EMR project by AYUSH, for thyroid function
status-clinically, serologically & ultrasonographically. Data of 4506 children has been analyzed
& it has been found that goiter is prevalent at mild endemic level in children (17%) even after
two decades of iodization. Significant increase in anti TPO ab positivity (6.39%) and thyroid
dysfunction (11.92%) raises suspicion about the role of environmental goitrogens and prolonged
iodine supplementation.
Key words: anti thyro-peroxidase antibody (anti TPO ab), free T3 (FT3), free T4 (FT4), goiter, Iodine
deficiency disorders (IDDs), subclinical hypothyroidism, thyroid autoimmunity, universal salt iodization
(USI).
