title: [Frequency of thyroid enlargement (goiter) in residents of the Szczecin region].
abstract: The study has been carried out on 4,565 persons (2,349 girls and women also 2,216 boys and men) aged 4-64. The examined group was chosen randomly, according to a simple drawing scheme. The aim of the study is to evaluate frequency, magnitude and character of goiter in residents in Szczecin region. The goiter has been found in 19.5% persons in examined population, so it makes possible an endemic state. In consideration of a fact that goiter appears frequently among women and there are more cases of thyroid enlargement (O-B and I degree), as well as a small number of people with disturbance thyroid function only slightly endemic character is stated. Because the frequency of modular goiter among people with goiter is 20% it doesn't express extent of endemic state.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Endokrynologii i Chorób Przemiany Materii Pomorskiej, Akademii Medycznej, Szczecinie.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Syrenicz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goździk
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pynka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Syrenicz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Czekalski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006042:Goiter / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Czestość wystepowania powiekszenia tarczycy (wola) u mieszkańców regionu szczecińskiego.