An Investigation on the Risk Factors of Thyroid Diseases in Community Population in Hainan
Table 4
Differences of thyroid prevalence under different obesity parameters.
Item
Total
BMI
Central obesity
Normal (18.5 ≤ BMI < 24)
Underweight (<18.5)
Overweight (24 ≤ BMI < 28)
Obesity (≥28)
Yes
No
Thyroid dysfunction
Hypothyroidism
27
11 (40.7%)
1 (3.7%)
10 (37%)
5 (18.5%)
9 (33.3%)
18 (66.7%)
Subclinical hypothyroidism
164
82 (50.0%)
11 (6.7%)
52 (31.7%)
19 (11.6%)
44 (26.8%)
120 (73.2%)
Thyroid hyperfunction
Hyperthyroidism
30
17 (56.7%)
5 (16.7%)
8 (26.7%)
0 (0%)
2 (6.7%)
28 (93.3%)
Subclinical hyperthyroidism
24
10 (41.7%)
2 (8.3%)
10 (41.7%)
2 (8.3%)
5 (20.8%)
19 (79.2%)
Thyroid cancer
12
3 (25.0%)
1 (8.3%)
5 (41.7%)
3 (25%)
5 (41.7%)
7 (58.3%)
Thyroid nodules
771
366 (47.5%)
28 (3.6%)
282 (36.6%)
95 (12.3%)
264 (34.2%)
507 (65.8%)
Positive thyroid antibody
214
124 (57.9%)
18 (8.4%)
58 (27.1%)
14 (6.5%)
44 (20.6%)
170 (79.4%)
Thyroma
3
3 (100.0%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
3 (100.0%)
Normal
891
469 (52.6%)
50 (5.6%)
289 (32.4%)
83 (9.3%)
218 (24.5%)
673 (75.5%)
χ 2
—
—
11.33
15.21
21.70
36.59
p
—
—
0.184
0.055
0.006
<0.001
BMI: body mass index; WC: waist circumference. Central obesity: male waist circumference ≥90 cm and female waist circumference ≥85 cm. “” and bold text represent statistical significance.
