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Salt iodine content was measured bimonthly for 18 months and indicators of iodine deficiency were measured at baseline and 6, 9, 12 and 18 months after randomization.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980099000221_sec03\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The prevalence of abnormal thyroid volumes, based on the World Health Organization (WHO) body surface area reference &gt; 97th percentile, was 18% at baseline and declined to less than 5% by 12 months in groups A and C, and to 9% after 18 months in group B. Results for goitre by palpation were similar. The median urinary iodine was 94 \u03bcgl<jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup> at baseline and increased in all groups to &gt; 200 \u03bcgl<jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup> at the 6-month follow-up.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980099000221_sec04\" sec-type=\"conclusion\"><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>In this population of school children with initially a low to moderate level of iodine deficiency, the group receiving salt with 25 ppm (group A) was not iodine deficient on all indicators after 18 months of study. 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