The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between auditory capacity and urinary iodine, taking into account thyroid volume and function, in a population of school-age children. Audiometry was carried out in 150 children (ages 6-14 years), together with measurements of thyroid volume, thyrotropin (TSH), free T3, free T4, thyroglobulin, antiperoxidase and anti-TSH receptor antibodies, as well as iodine in a casual urine sample. Children with a TSH >5 microU/mL were excluded from the study. In the children with palpable goiter, there was an inverse relation between the auditory threshold at all frequencies and ioduria. Children with thyroglobulin values >10 ng/mL had a higher auditory threshold at all frequencies. In the children with palpable goiter and ioduria <100 microg/L, the levels of thyroglobulin and ioduria and the age accounted for 75% of the decibel (dB) variance at 2000 (Hertz), with similar results at other frequencies. The children with a thyroid sized at the >95th percentile had an odds ratio of 3.86 (95% confidence interval: 2.59-5.10) of having a threshold >20 dB. The results warn that iodine prophylaxis is needed to prevent not only goiter but also other iodine-deficiency disorders, such as involvement of the auditory threshold in school-age children.

Relación entre el consumo abusivo de alcohol y la violencia ejercida por el hombre contra su pareja en la unidad de valoración integral de violencia de género (UVIVG) de ResumenSe ha estudiado la posible relación entre el consumo de alcohol y la violencia ejercida por el hombre hacia la mujer con la que mantiene o ha mantenido relación sentimental, en una muestra de 50 parejas analizadas en la Unidad de Valoración Integral de Violencia de Género (UVIVG) de Sevilla, a lo largo de los años 2013 y 2014. Para ello se ha empleado una entrevista estructurada creada ad hoc, así como los cuestionarios MINI, MALT y CAGE. De las 50 parejas, en 25, las mujeres que denunciaron afirmaban que sus parejas eran consumidoras de alcohol y en ocasiones de otras sustancias de adicción, diagnosticándose tal consumo únicamente en 16 de estos hombres; la otra mitad de la muestra negaba el consumo de sustancias de adicción en sus parejas. Los resultados obtenidos muestran que los hombres que consumen alcohol ejercen violencia hacia su pareja en mayor proporción en estado sobrio que en estado ebrio. No obstante, el consumo de alcohol supone un incremento añadido en la frecuencia de la violencia ejercida. Igualmente, los resultados del estudio ponen de manifiesto que los hombres que no consumen alcohol ejercen violencia en menor porcentaje que los que sí lo hacen.Palabras clave: Consumo alcohol. Violencia en la pareja. Aumento de violencia. AbstractThis article examines the possible relation between alcohol consumption and violence of men towards women with whom they share or have shared a relationship. Our sample is composed of 50 couples analyzed under the Comprehensive Assessment of Gender Violence Unit (UVIVG) of Seville (Spain), during 2013 and 2014. It has been used an structured interview which has been created ad hoc, as well as the MINI, MALT and CAGE questionnaires. In 25 of the 50 analyzed couples, the woman, who had denounced, declared that her partner consumed alcohol and that he often consumed other substances of abuse. Nevertheless, this consumption was only diagnosed in 16 of those men. The women of the other half of the sample denied any consumption of substances of abuse by their partners. The results obtained from the analyzed sample shows that men who consume alcohol are more violent towards their partners when they are sober, than when they are drunk. However, the alcohol consumption increases the frequency of violent actions. Moreover, the results of the analysis reveal that men who do not consume alcohol resort to violence in a lower percentage than those who consume alcohol. Relación entre el consumo abusivo de alcohol y la violencia ejercida por el hombre contra su pareja en la unidad de valoración integral de violencia de género (UVIVG) de Sevilla Relation between alcohol consumption and violence of men towards their relationships in the UVIVG of Seville (Spain)

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