Risk Factors
Following is a list of potential risk factors that may lead to iodine deficiency:
- Low dietary iodine
- Selenium deficiency
- Pregnancy
- Exposure to radiation
- Increased intake/plasma levels of goitrogens, such as calcium
- Sex (higher occurrence in women)
- Smoking tobacco
- Alcohol (reduced prevalence in users)
- Oral contraceptives (reduced prevalence in users)
- Perchlorates
- Thiocyanates
- Age (for different types of iodine deficiency at different ages)
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