SIMILAR SERUM CONCENTRATIONS OF THYROID-HORMONES IN 2 GEOGRAPHICALLY SEPARATE POPULATIONS ON DISPARATE IODINE INTAKE

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 11  (4) , 301-304
Abstract
Serum thyroid hormones were measured in Montreal, Canada (urinary I 446 .+-. 164 .mu.g/day) and Zagreb, Yugoslavia (urinary I 108 .+-. 32 .mu.g/day). The serum concentrations of thyroxine and triiodothyronine [T3] in the 2 populations were almost identical. Dietary I, within accepted normal limits, is evidently not a factor in determining serum thyroid hormone levels. The wide differences in reported serum T3 concentration are related to methodological problems.

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