Macedo, Mariana de SouzaTeixeira, Romero AlvesBonomo, ÉlidoSilva, Camilo Adalton Mariano daSilva, Marcelo EustáquioSakurai, EmíliaCarneiro, MariângelaLamounier, Joel Alves2016-02-052016-02-052012MACEDO, M. de S. et al. Deficiência de iodo e fatores associados em lactentes e pré-escolares de um município do semiárido de Minas Gerais, Brasil, 2008. Cadernos de Saúde Pública, v. 28, p. 346-356, 2012. Disponível em: <http://www.scielo.br/pdf/csp/v28n2/13.pdf>. Acesso em: 21 out. 2015..1678-4464http://www.repositorio.ufop.br/handle/123456789/6294The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of iodine deficiency in children aged 6 to 71 months in Novo Cruzeiro, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. A total of 475 children, allocated by stratified probability sampling, were analyzed with respect to the iodine concentrations in the salt consumed by the family and urinary iodine. Iodine deficiency was verified in 34.4% of the children, of which 23.5% showed slight deficiency, 5.9% moderate and 5% serious deficiency. A difference in the distribution of iodine deficiency was observed between the urban and the rural environments (p < 0.001) where average urinary iodine concentrations of 150.8 and 114.3μg/L respectively were found. A greater proportion of iodine deficiency was observed among children where the proportion of iodine in the salt consumed was below the recommended level. Although expressive, iodine deficiency in Novo Cruzeiro is not a public health problem according to World Health Organization (WHO), The limitrophe distribution of the urinary iodine associated with low iodine levels in salt suggests that efforts to control this deficiency are not yet completept-BRArtigo publicado em periodicoTodo o conteúdo do periódico Cadernos de Saúde Publica, exceto onde identificado, está sob uma licença Creative Commons que permite copiar, distribuir e transmitir o trabalho em qualquer suporte ou formato desde que sejam citados o autor e licenciante. Não permite o uso para fins comerciais. Fonte: Cadernos de Saúde Publica <http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=0102-311X&lng=en&nrm=iso>. Acesso em: 16 ago. 2019.http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0102-311X2012000200013