eTable 2. Prevalence of self-reported thyroid disease ever diagnosed by a doctor.
All | LT4 treatment status | |||||
Controlled | Overtreated | Undertreated | p*1 | p*2 | ||
Hypothyroidism, N (%) | 310 (11.1) | 190 (40.7) | 36 (35.0) | 7 (29.2) | 0.264 | 0.270 |
Hyperthyroidism, N (%) | 141 (5.1) | 58 (12.4) | 11 (10.7) | 6 (25.0) | 0.633 | 0.084 |
Hashimoto, N (%) | 182 (6.5) | 129 (27.6) | 35 (34.0) | 8 (33.3) | 0.188 | 0.505 |
Basedow, N (%) | 29 (1.0) | 17 (3.6) | 3 (2.9) | 1 (4.2) | 0.725 | 0.896 |
Goiter, N (%) | 90 (3.2) | 41 (8.8) | 11 (10.7) | 2 (8.3) | 0.529 | 0.929 |
Group differences were calculated with logistic regression, adjusted for age and sex (age and sex were only adjusted for the other, respectively)
Treatment status controlled: TSH 0.56–4.27 mU/L; overtreated: TSH < 0.56 mU/L; undertreated: TSH > 4.27 mU/L
*1 Adjusted for age and sex (overtreated compared with controlled)
*2 Adjusted for age and sex (undertreated compared with controlled)
LT4, Levothyroxine; N, number of participants; TSH: thyrotropin