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We aimed to reassess the clinical status and thyroid function of 31 surviving \u201cneurological cretins\u201d after 42 years of iodine supplementation in a historically severely iodine deficiency area of China.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>It was a cross-sectional study in design and we investigated all 31 surviving neurological cretins and 85 controls. A detailed neurological examination was conducted on each patients. All the participants were given a questionnaire and underwent B-mode ultrasonography of the thyroid. The serum levels of thyroid hormones, thyroid antibodies, serum iodine concentration (SIC) and urine iodine concentration (UIC) were measured.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The neurological cretins had shorter stature than that of the control. Neurological damage is still present in patients with cretinism. The prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism and thyroid nodule in the cretins was significantly higher (<jats:italic>\u03c7<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> =<\/jats:italic>4.766, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=0.029 and <jats:italic>\u03c7<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> =<\/jats:italic>17.077, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&amp;lt;0.0001, respectively) compared with the control. After adjusting for confounding factors, endemic neurocretinism was found to be an independent risk factor for subclinical hypothyroidism (OR=4.412; 95% CI: 1.358\u201314.334; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=0.014) and thyroid nodule (OR=6.433; 95% CI: 2.323\u201317.816; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&amp;lt;0.0001).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Iodine supplementation after birth does not reverse the neurological damage that results from maternal\/foetal hypothyroidism <jats:italic>in utero<\/jats:italic> and is subsequently manifested as neurological cretinism. 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