Table 7. Demographics for National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) based on laboratory hypothyroidism.
| No Hypothyroidism (N = 3091) | Hypothyroidism (N = 661) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Standard Deviation | Mean | Standard Deviation | P value | |
| Age (years) | 56.39 | 10.62 | 60.07 | 12.75 | <0.001 |
| Gender,female % | 48.49 | 71.6 | <0.001 | ||
| Race, % | 0.3109 | ||||
| Mexican | 5.83 | 5.14 | |||
| Other Hispanic | 4.30 | 3.08 | |||
| Non-Hispanic white | 74.21 | 74.13 | |||
| Non-Hispanic black | 10.02 | 12.44 | |||
| Other and multiracial | 5.65 | 5.21 | |||
| Education, % | 0.5566 | ||||
| <9th Grade | 8.35 | 8.18 | |||
| > = 9th Grade, <HS graduate | 12.65 | 13.61 | |||
| HS graduate or GED equivalent | 25.92 | 27.89 | |||
| Some college | 26.35 | 26.94 | |||
| College graduate and beyond | 26.73 | 23.38 | |||
| Income, % | 0.1964 | ||||
| <$20,000 | 14.73 | 18.26 | |||
| $20,000-$44,999 | 27.00 | 29.83 | |||
| $45,000-$74,999 | 20.34 | 18.97 | |||
| $75,000 and up | 34.26 | 28.85 | |||
| >$20,000 | 3.66 | 4.09 | |||
| Glaucoma, % | 4.62 | 5.35 | 0.3309 | ||
| Diabetes, % | 0.0041 | ||||
| Yes | 11.41 | 17.21 | |||
| Borderline | 2.15 | 1.16 | |||
| Hypertension, % | 40.75 | 49.13 | 0.0015 | ||
| Stroke, % | 4.05 | 7.77 | 0.0005 | ||
| BMI | 28.78 | 5.71 | 29.75 | 6.81 | 0.0006 |
| Smoking, % | 0.3842 | ||||
| Never | 49.92 | 53.97 | |||
| Current | 19.40 | 18.72 | |||
| Past | 30.68 | 27.31 | |||
| Alcohol, % | 0.0435 | ||||
| 0 | 41.6 | 51.63 | |||
| >0 and <1 | 43.41 | 38.66 | |||
| ≧1 and <2 | 7.85 | 5.69 | |||
| ≧2 and <3 | 5.11 | 2.92 | |||
| ≧4 | 2.03 | 1.09 | |||
| Genral Health Condition, % | 0.0114 | ||||
| Excellent-Good | 42.64 | 32.74 | |||
| Fair | 38.54 | 39.17 | |||
| Poor | 18.82 | 28.09 | |||
All means, proportions, and standard erros are weighted estimates of the U.S. population characteristics, taking into account NHIS’s complex sampling design.