TABLE 2.
Prevalence and distribution of thyroid dysfunction according to sex
| Cases, n | Euthyroid |
Thyroid dysfunction
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyperthyroidism | Subclinical hyperthyroidism | Subclinical hypothyroidism | Hypothyroidism | |||
| Total | 4256 | 3785 (88.93) | 58 (1.36) | 65 (1.53) | 269 (6.32) | 79 (1.86) |
| Male | 2079 | 1968 (94.66) | 17 (0.82) | 25 (1.20) | 58 (2.79) | 11 (0.53) |
| Female | 2177 | 1817 (83.46) | 41 (1.88) | 40 (1.84) | 211 (9.69) | 68 (3.12) |
| P | <0.001 | 0.003 | 0.091 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
Data presented as n (%) unless otherwise indicated. The groups were compared using a χ2 test. P<0.05 was considered to be statistically significant