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

Table 4

Clinical and cytological pattern in relation to age and sex among patients requested for the thyroid function test in an endemic goiter area in 2017 (n = 144).

Variables	Sex		Age group (year)
	Category N (%)		Category N (%)
	Male	Female	<25	25–35	36–45	46–55	≥56
Cytological findings
Colloid goiter	14 (9.7)	68 (47.2)	11 (7.6)	27 (18.7)	22 (15.3)	16 (11.1)	16 (11.1)
Cystic thyroid nodules	8 (5.5)	38 (26.4)	4 (2.7)	5 (3.4)	15 (10.4)	12 (8.3)	10 (6.9)
Malignant (follicular)	0 (0)	3 (2.1)	1 (0.7)	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (1.3)	1 (0.7)
Lymphadenites	0 (0)	7 (4.8)	0 (0)	2 (1.3)	3 (2.1)	1 (0.7)	1 (0.7)
Clinical presentations
Hypertension	1 (0.7)	8 (5.5)	2 (1.3)	0 (0)	6 (4.1)	1 (0.7)	0 (0)
Cardiac failure	4 (2.7)	8 (5.5)	1 (0.7)	1 (0.7)	3 (2.1)	3 (2.1)	4 (2.7)
Diabetes mellitus	1 (0.7)	4 (2.7)	0 (0)	2 (1.3)	1 (0.7)	1 (0.7)	1 (0.7)