An Investigation on the Risk Factors of Thyroid Diseases in Community Population in Hainan

Table 2

Gender differences in the prevalence of different thyroid diseases.

Item	Prevalence		Total	p
	Male	Female
Thyroid dysfunction				0.004
Hypothyroidism	1 (0.3%)	26 (2.8%)	27 (2.2%)
Subclinical hypothyroidism	34 (10.3%)	130 (14.2%)	164 (13.2%)
Thyroid hyperfunction
Hyperthyroidism	8 (2.4%)	22 (2.4%)	30 (2.4%)
Subclinical hyperthyroidism	3 (0.9%)	21 (2.3%)	24 (1.9%)
Thyroid cancer	3 (0.9%)	9 (1.0%)	12 (1.0%)
Thyroma	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)
Thyroid nodules	233 (70.8%)	538 (58.7%)	771 (61.9%)
Thyroid antibody positive	46 (14.0%)	168 (18.3%)	214 (17.2%)

“” and bold text represent statistical significance.