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Social & Preventive Medicine Vitamins and Nutritional Deficiencies 70092fe4

The most sensitive indicator of 'Environmental iodine deficiency' is:-

A
Serum T4 levels
B
Serum T3 levels
C
Urine iodine excretion
D
Neonatal hypothyroidism
High-Yield Explanation
Neonatal hypothyroidism is the most sensitive indicator of environmental iodine deficiency. Other useful indicators for assessment of Iodine deficiency: Prevalence of goiter Prevalence of cretinism Urinary iodine excretion (Major impact indicator) Measurement of thyroid function by determination of serum T4, TSH.

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