Thyroid gland: Victim of iodinated salt.

: Incidence of thyroid dysfunctions including hypothyroidism has been on an upward trajectory in India and the change in numbers is significant (1). In Mahad, incidence of hypothyroidism has significantly increased from a reported rate of 1.5% between the years 1990 and 2002 to 66.9% between the years 2015 and 2019. Our report is focused on the detection of urinary iodine levels in non-iodized salt against iodized salt consumers and also in correlation of thyroid dysfunction accompanied with raised thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels, thyroxin peroxidase antibody (TPOAB) levels and their association with diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension (HTN), and ischemic heart disease (IHD) in rural India.