Table 4.
No. | Article Publication year |
Region | IF | Quartile | Patients | Age (year) | Sex (male/female) | Thyroid function (number of patients) | Prevalence (%) | Article type |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kotwal2016 (21) | India | 2.309 | Q4 | 1 | 40 | 1/0 | Hypothyroidism (1) | – | Case reports |
2 | Monica2012 (22) | Italy | 3.25 | Q3 | 1 | 84 | 0/1 | Hypothyroidism (1) | – | Case reports |
3 | Hosako-Naito1999 (23) | Japan | 1.538 | Q4 | 1 | 48 | 0/1 | Hypothyroidism (1) | – | Case reports |
4 | Carlé2021 (16) | Denmark | 4.965 | Q2 | 140 | None | None | Hypothyroidism (140) | 30% | Clinical study |
5 | Barić2019 (24) | Croatia | 3.657 | 3 | 290 | 37.89 | 20/270 | Euthyroid (290) | 7% | Clinical study |
6 | Lima2017 (25) | Brazil | 6.292 | Q2 | 117 | 43.16 | 23/190 | Hypothyroidism (213) | 25.35% | Clinical study |
7 | Rhee2015 (26) | Korea | 2.153 | 3 | 56 | 40.3 | 6/50 | Unclear (56) | Unclear | Clinical study |
8 | Banks2012 (27) | USA | 3.325 | Q1 | 29 | None | None | Unclear (29) | Unclear | Clinical study |
9 | McManus2012* (28) | USA | 2.192 | Q4 | 311 | 46 ± 1 | 31/280 | Euthyroid (292), unclear (19) | 13%* | Clinical study |
10 | Heman-Ackah2011 (29) | USA | 2.009 | Q3 | 34 | None | None | Unclear (34) | Unclear | Clinical study |
11 | Shih2008* (18) | China Taiwan | 6.568 | Q1 | 25 | 42.0(34-81) | 0/25 | hypothyroidism22、unclear3 | 25%* | Clinical study |
*: the patients in the study were prepared to take a thyroidectomy.
None/unclear: the specific detail in the study was unclear.