High iodine intake by preschool children in Miyagi prefecture, Japan

Table 2 Comparison of calculated, estimated and measured values among selected 125 cases

	No.	Measured values			Calculated values				Estimated values
	No.	GM	GSD	MED	GM	(%)^a	GSD	MED	GM	(%)^a	GSD	MED
Boys	68	110.1	2.48	81.4	95.4		2.51	89.6	110.2		2.51	103.5
Girls	57	127.3	2.25	109.5	110.0		2.59	93.5	127.2		2.59	108.0
Total	125	117.6	2.37	96.3	101.8	(86.5)	2.54	90.9	117.6	(100.0)	2.54	105.1

GMs and MEDs are in μg/day. GSD s are dimensionless. The ratio of GM for measured values over GM for calculated values: (117.6/101.8) = 1.155
^aPercentage of GM values over GM for measured values

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