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OBJETIVOS: Determinar o aporte nutricional de iodo na população estudada e correlacionar os níveis de iodo encontrados em amostras casuais de urina (iodúria) com alterações anatomopatológicas observadas nas tireoides dessa população. MATERIAIS E MÉTODOS: Determinou-se a iodúria em 30 amostras casuais de urina e realizou-se o estudo anatomopatológico de 55 tireoides colhidas de cadáveres que deram entrada no Departamento Médico Legal de Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brasil, no período de maio a agosto de 2011. RESULTADOS: Em 29 amostras de urina (96,7%) encontrou-se iodúria acima do limite máximo preconizado pela Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) de 300 µg/L. Em 14 tireoides (25,5%) foi identificada a presença de quadros histológicos compatíveis com tireoidite. Níveis mais elevados de iodo na urina foram observados no sexo feminino e nos casos de tireoides com presença de achados inflamatórios (tireoidites). CONCLUSÕES: Podemos concluir que na população estudada houve um excesso de iodo em seu aporte nutricional e uma maior incidência de quadros inflamatórios tireoidianos.
OBJECTIVES: To determine iodine nutrition in the population and to correlate levels of iodine found in random samples of urine with pathological changes observed in thyroids collected in this population. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Urinary iodine was determined in 30 random samples of urine and the pathological study was carried out in 55 thyroid glands from corpses received by the Department of Forensic Medicine of Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil from May to August 2011. RESULTS: In 29 urine samples (96.7%) urinary iodine was above the maximum limit recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), of 300 mg/L. Fourteen thyroids (25.5%) showed the presence of histological changes compatible with thyroiditis. Higher levels of iodine in urine were observed in females and in of thyroid that showed inflammation (thyroiditis). CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that, in this population, there is excess iodine intake, and greater incidence of inflammatory thyroid disease.
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Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Adulto Jovem , Iodo/urina , Glândula Tireoide/patologia , Brasil , Cadáver , Estado Nutricional , Fatores Sexuais , Estatísticas não Paramétricas , Fatores de Tempo , Doenças da Glândula Tireoide/patologia , Doenças da Glândula Tireoide/urina , Glândula TireoideRESUMO
OBJECTIVES: To determine iodine nutrition in the population and to correlate levels of iodine found in random samples of urine with pathological changes observed in thyroids collected in this population. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Urinary iodine was determined in 30 random samples of urine and the pathological study was carried out in 55 thyroid glands from corpses received by the Department of Forensic Medicine of Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil from May to August 2011. RESULTS: In 29 urine samples (96.7%) urinary iodine was above the maximum limit recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), of 300 mg/L. Fourteen thyroids (25.5%) showed the presence of histological changes compatible with thyroiditis. Higher levels of iodine in urine were observed in females and in of thyroid that showed inflammation (thyroiditis). CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that, in this population, there is excess iodine intake, and greater incidence of inflammatory thyroid disease.
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Iodo/urina , Glândula Tireoide/patologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Brasil , Cadáver , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estado Nutricional , Fatores Sexuais , Estatísticas não Paramétricas , Doenças da Glândula Tireoide/patologia , Doenças da Glândula Tireoide/urina , Glândula Tireoide/diagnóstico por imagem , Fatores de Tempo , Ultrassonografia , Adulto JovemRESUMO
We investigated the influence of long-term treatment with supraphysiological doses of an anabolic-androgenic steroid on the Bezold-Jarisch reflex (BJR) control of heart rate (HR) and diastolic arterial pressure (DAP), and whether this treatment induced cardiac hypertrophy. Male rats were treated with nandrolone decanoate (ND) (10 mg kg(-1) body weight for 8 weeks; DECA) or vehicle (control animals; CON). After 8 weeks of treatment, the BJR was evaluated by bradycardia and hypotension responses that were elicited by serotonin administration (2-32 microg kg(-1)). Mean arterial pressure (MAP) was assessed and cardiac hypertrophy was determined by the ratio of the left and right ventricle weight/body weight (LVW/BW and RVW/BW, respectively) and by histological analysis. Total body protein (TBP) content was also evaluated. Nandrolone decanoate treatment increased MAP (CON=99+/- 1 mmHg; DECA=109+/-2 mmHg; p<0.01) but did not change the mean basal HR (CON=356+/-13 bpm; DECA=367+/-11 bpm). The treatment also induced LV and RV hypertrophy (LVW/BW: CON=1.86+/-0.04 mg g(-1), DECA=2.17+/-0.04 mg g(-1), p<0.01; RVW/BW: CON=0.42+/-0.02 mg g(-1), DECA=0.53+/-0.03 mg g(-1), p<0.05) and reduced the number of myocyte nuclei/high-power field (CON=23.0+/-2; DECA=9.4+/-1.0; p<0.01). ND treatment blunted the HR and DAP decreases induced by serotonin. ND determines an increase in the TBP content in DECA group (35+/-3%; p<0.01) compared with control animals (18+/-1%). We conclude that 8 weeks of ND treatment induces anabolic effect, cardiac hypertrophy and an elevation of MAP. This treatment also reduces the sensitivity of the BJR control of bradycardia and blood pressure, possibly due to cardiac hypertrophy. The blunted BJR response could contribute to the MAP elevation in DECA animals.