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Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 1987; 90(5): 253-256
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1210698
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Similar Concentrations of Thyroidal lodothyronines and T3/T4 Ratio in Normal Thyroids from Two Yugoslav Districts with Different Iodine Intakea)b)

M. Solter1 , Dubravka Tišlarić1 , A. Tonkic3 , Mara Dominis2 , M. Sekso1
  • 1Department of Medicine, Dr. M. Stojanović University Hospital, Zagreb
  • 2Department of Pathology, Dr. O. Novosel University Hospital, Zagreb
  • 3Department of Medicine, University Hospital Split, Medical Faculty, University of Zagreb/Yugoslavia
a) The work is supported by Grant of Croatian Council for Scientific Research SIZ V/415-1. b) The work was presented on the International meeting: Thyroid Function and Dysfunction: Modern Concepts, Pisa, October 2—4, 1985.
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1986

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16 July 2009 (online)

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Summary

In spite of different daily iodine intake in two yugoslav districts (littoral-Split 297 ± 76 (Mean ± SD) and continental-Zagreb 111 ± 36 μg/g creatinine, p < 0.001), thyroidal iodothyronine concentrations and T4/T3 ratio in nofmal post mortem thyroids were comparable. T4 was 260.0 ± 42.6 μg/g w.w. (Mean ± SE) in Split group vrs . 279.9 ± 59.4 in Zagreb. T3 was 12.8—2.0 vrs. 12.8 ± 2.2 and T4/T3 ratio 21.6 ± 1.9 vrs. 21.1 ± 2.9 in Split and Zagreb, respectively. It has been concluded that relatively small difference in iodine intake has no effect on thyroidal concentrations of iodothyronines and T4/T3 ratio.

Key words

Iodine Intake - Thyroidal T4/T3 - Yugoslav Districts