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Table 2 The salt iodine concentration of sampling site and urinary iodine concentration of subjects in year 2011 and 2013 stratified by administrative divisions

From: Iodine nutritional status after the implementation of the new iodized salt concentration standard in Zhejiang Province, China

 

2011

2013

Z

p

City

Salt Median (mg/kg)

Urinary iodine concentration Median (range) (μg/L)

Salt Median (mg/kg)

Urinary iodine concentration Median (range) (μg/L)

Hangzhou

27.7

199.0 (648.1)

23.1

187.2 (936.5)

−0.665

0.506

Ningbo

27.0

254.9 (589.6)

23.3

154.8 (802.1)

−4.115

0.000

Wenzhou

27.8

232.6 (780.1)

23.9

151.8 (511.7)

−4.957

0.000

Jiaxing

27.0

205.5 (370.3)

23.9

175.9 (709.8)

−1.697

0.090

Huzhou

27.4

310.5 (233.0)

23.6

159.2 (488.6)

−4.111

0.000

Shaoxing

28.2

176.8 (396.0)

23.9

138.0 (324.0)

−2.321

0.020

Jinhua

29.2

243.0 (425.6)

24.6

192.2 (670.3)

−2.995

0.003

Quzhou

31.9

267.6 (479.3)

25.5

205.0 (488.5)

−1.808

0.071

Zhoushan

25.8

NR

24.0

170.6 (574.8)

NR

NR

Taizhou

28.2

298.2 (708.1)

24.3

210.2 (551.0)

−3.199

0.001

Lishui

31.7

452.2 (726.2)

26.1

243.7 (693.7)

−4.109

0.000

Total

30.5

237.1 (862.3)

24.1

174.3 (586.0)

−9.119

0.000