title: [Epidemiological survey of Graves' disease on a hundred thousand people in Daging area].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the incidence of Graves' disease and associated factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 100123 people aged 15-79 in Daqing region were surveyed epidemiologically. The investigations were conducted for an average two years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  301 patients with Graves' disease were newly diagnosed, 74 of them (1.6/1000) were males and 227 (4.1/1000) females. The total incidence was 3.0/1000. The incidence had significant differences between ages and occupations. Investigations of 18 associated factors for Graves' disease by using the Logistic multivariate regression analysis showed the following pathological factors, virus history, psychological stimulation, food, drugs, family history, education, distributions, etc.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study may provide the theoretical evidence for prevention and treatment of Grave's disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Daqing First Hospital.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged