Table 10.
Compressive symptoms.
| No. | Article Publication year |
Region | IF | Quartile | Patients | Age (year) | Sex (male/female) | Thyroid function (number of patients) | Prevalence (%) | Article type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Banks2012* (27) | USA | 3.325 | Q1 | 29 | None | None | Unclear (29) | 72.4%* | Clinical study |
| 2 | McManus2011* (28) | USA | 2.192 | Q4 | 311 | 46 ± 1 | 31/280 | Euthyroid (292), Unclear (19) | 63%* | Clinical study |
| 3 | Wormer2011* (57) | USA | 2.565 | Q3 | 216 | None | None | Unclear (216) | 34%* | Clinical study |
| 4 | Shih2008* (18) | China Taiwan | 6.568 | Q1 | 25 | 42.0(34-81) | 0/25 | Hypothyroidism (22), Unclear (3) | 62.5%* | Clinical study |
*: the patients in the study were prepared to take a thyroidectomy.
None/unclear: the specific detail in the study was unclear.