title: [Thyroid gland volumes and the incidence of focal changes in euthyroid men and women in various age groups].
abstract: Thyroid size and the prevalence of focal changes were determined by ultrasound on 450 euthyroid men and women living in Kiel (Schleswig-Holstein). The results were grouped into three age ranges (20-35, 36-50 and 51-85). Volumes were calculated from length x width x thickness x correction factor and expressed in ml. Thyroid volume was increased in 24.7%. Men had significantly larger volumes than women; in both sexes the right lobe was significantly larger than the left one. Focal changes (cysts, nodules, calcifications) were recorded in 21%, with a peak among women in the 36-50 year age group. This latter increase was due to a high incidence of cystic changes. Cysts were noted in 11%, nodules in 10% of the entire sample. A statistically significant increase in the number of nodules was noted for both sexes in the 51-85 age groups. Calcifications were recorded in 2% of cases, with about equal rates among men and women.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Allgemeine Innere Medizin im Zentrum Konservative Medizin I der Universität Kiel.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Struve
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hinrichs
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009929:Organ Size; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Schilddrüsenvolumina und Häufigkeit herdförmiger Veränderungen bei schilddrüsengesunden Männern und Frauen verschiedener Altersklassen.