Table 2.
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of Romanian and Danish thyroid patients
| Characteristics | Romanian sample | Danish sample |
| N | 130 | 902 |
| Gender n (%) | ||
| Female | 115 (89) | 784 (87) |
| Male | 15 (12) | 118 (13) |
| Age (mean ± SD, years) | 53±11 | 51±15 |
| Environment n (%) | ||
| Urban | 85 (65) | 902 (100) |
| Rural | 45 (35) | 0 |
| Marital status, n (%) | ||
| Married/unmarried Couple | 97 (75) | 482 (56) |
| Single | 9 (7) | 192 (22) |
| Widow | 17 (13) | 61 (7) |
| Divorced | 7 (5) | 127 (15) |
| Education level | ||
| Primary school (0-10 years) | 8 (6) | 151 (17) |
| Gymnasium school (11-14 years) | 29 (22) | 110 (12) |
| High school (15- 18 years) | 64 (49) | 261 (29) |
| University school (>18 year) | 29 (23) | 346 (38) |
| Current employment status, n (%) | ||
| Unemployed | 21 (16) | 33 (4) |
| Pensioner | 4 (3) | 229 (30) |
| Unqualified worker | 64 (49) | 39 (5) |
| Qualified worker | 23 (18) | 85 (11) |
| Highly-qualified worker | 18 (14) | 370 (49) |
| Diagnosis | ||
| Non-toxic goiter | 41 (32) | 259 (29) |
| Toxic nodular goiter | 9 (7) | 145 (16) |
| Graves` disease with/without orbitopathy | 19 (15) | 260 (28) |
| Hashimoto’s thyroiditis | 46 (35) | 198 (22) |
| Other thyroid diagnosis | 15 (12) | 40 (4) |
| Disease duration (mean ± SD, years) | 6±6.5 | 5±7.5 |
| Current treatment, n (%) | ||
| No treatment | 64 (49) | 448 (50) |
| L-Thyroxine | 40 (31) | 288 (32) |
| Antithyroid drugs | 23 (18) | 162 (18) |
| Othera | 3 (2) | 4 (0) |
| Current thyroid functionb n (%) | ||
| Euthyroid | 95 (73) | 530 (58) |
| Subclinical hypothyroid | 18 (14) | 124 (14) |
| Subclinical hyperthyroid | 3 (2) | 122 (13) |
| Hypothyroid | 9 (7) | 15 (2) |
| Hyperthyroid | 5 (4) | 98 (11) |
Other thyroid diagnosis: Post-operative hypothyroidism, subacute thyroiditis.
a
Other: Radioiodine, thyroid surgery.
b
Thyroid function: Euthyroid: normal TSH and fT4.
Subclinical hypothyroid: elevated TSH and normal fT4. Hypothyroid: elevated TSH and decreased fT4. Subclinical hyperthyroid: decreased TSH and normal fT4 and fT3. Hyperthyroid: decreased TSH and elevated fT4 or fT3.