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Table 1 Median UI in school aged children: indicator of iodine nutrition

From: Protocol of the PSYCHOTSH study: association between neonatal thyroid stimulating hormone concentration and intellectual, psychomotor and psychosocial development at 4–5 year of age: a retrospective cohort study

Median UI (μg/l)

Iodine nutrition

<20

Severe iodine deficiency

20-49

Moderate iodine deficiency

50-99

Mild iodine deficiency

100-199

Iodine sufficiency

200-299

Iodine intake more than adequate

>300

Iodine excess

  1. Source: WHO, 2004 [1].