Thyroid Dysfunction and Cytological Patterns among Patients Requested for Thyroid Function Test in an Endemic Goiter Area of Gondar, North West Ethiopia

Table 2

Prevalence of thyroid dysfunction according to sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the study participants.

Variables	Category	Total N (%)	Euthyroid N (%)	Thyroid dysfunction N (%)	Pearson chi-squares (χ^2)
Age (years)	<25	73 (19)	49 (12.8)	24 (6.2)	0.277
	25–35	99 (25.8)	83 (21.6)	16 (4.2)
	36–45	91 (23.7)	62 (16.1)	29 (7.5)
	46–55	81 (21.1)	61 (15.9)	20 (5.2)
	>55	40 (10.4)	28 (7.3)	12 (3.2)
Sex	Male	38 (9.9)	32 (8.3)	6 (1.6)	0.121
	Female	346 (90.1)	251 (65.4)	95 (24.7)
Previously diagnosed (thyroid dysfunction)	Yes	17 (4.4)	1 (0.26)	16 (4.1)	0.032
	No	367 (95.6)	223 (58.1)	84 (22.1)
Disease comorbidities	Yes	130 (33.9)	87 (22.7)	43 (11.2)	0.031
	No	254 (66.1)	196 (51)	58 (15.1)
Presence of goiter	Yes	273 (71)	183 (47.6)	90 (23.4)	0.932
	No	111 (29)	100 (26)	11 (2.8)
Treated for thyroid dysfunction	Yes	31 (8.1)	18 (4.7)	12 (3.1)	0.176
	No	353 (91.9)	264 (68.8)	89 (23.2)
Family history of thyroid dysfunction	Yes	105 (27.3)	70 (18.2)	35 (9.1)	0.035
	No	279 (72.7)	213 (55.5)	65 (16.9)
Pregnancy history in the last two years	Yes	61 (15.9)	39 (10.2)	22 (5.7)	0.12
	No	323 (84.1)	244 (63.7)	79 (20.6)
Iodinated salt practice	Yes	41 (10.7)	27 (7)	13 (3.4)	0.153
	No	343 (89.3)	256 (66.7)	88 (23)
Duration of illness (year)	<5	337 (87.8)	247 (64.3)	90 (23.4)	0.63
	≥5	47 (12.3)	36 (9.4)	11 (2.9)