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Iodide increases serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)

raisesVery limited evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“In comparison with the placebo group, all iodide-supplemented groups responded with significant increases in median urinary iodine concentrations (P < 0.05) and in thyroid-stimulating hormone concentration (P < 0.05).”
Quoted verbatim from Exploration of the safe upper level of iodine intake in euthyroid Chinese adults: a randomized double-blind trial.
This finding among the 4 findings on its endpoint

iodide

Serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)

raises

Who
Euthyroid Chinese adults; all iodide-supplemented dose groups (doses up to 2000 μg/d) compared with the placebo group
Dose studied
oral iodine supplement, 12 groups, doses 0 to 2000 μg/d

Very limited evidencePMID 22205314 · 2012

02 · The study

Study
RCT
Duration
4 weeks

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderate
  • limited
  • very limitedthis finding
  • insufficient

03 · The paper

The American journal of clinical nutrition
What else it reported1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M71Q4N3GZ402HJ92RZ4X477D