Incidence of thyroid disorders in Connecticut.
A prospective study involving 1,544 patients who had annual physical examinations during a one-year period was conducted to determine the incidence of htyroid abnormalities in a practice of general internal medicine. A total of 5.8% abnormalities were found including nodular disease, thyroiditis, Graves' disease, hypothyroidism, simple goiter, and iatrogenic hyperthyroidism. No thyroid cancer was detected.
D003237:Connecticut; D005260:Female; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000453:epidemiology; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000097:blood; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000453:epidemiology
D013963:Thyroid Hormones