据《美国医学论坛报》1995年2月2日文载Carrol报道称,中国有些地区妇女缺碘率高达10％。孕妇补碘治疗至妊娠中三月末可预防与呆小症(克汀病)有关的脑发育不全和迟缓。研究人员发现在中国新疆的严重碘缺乏地区为妊娠妇女进行补碘治疗,可使严重神经系统发育异常的婴儿数减少78％以上。 Carrol reports in the February 2, 1995 issue of the Medical Tribune that the rate of iodine deficiency in some areas of China is as high as 10%. Pregnancy iodine treatment until the end of March in pregnancy can prevent with dullosis (cretinism) related to brain hypoplasia and slow. Researchers found that iodine supplementation in pregnant women in areas with severe iodine deficiency in Xinjiang, China could reduce the number of severely neuropsychiatric infants by more than 78%.