Goiter and Laryngopharyngeal Reflux

Table 1

Descriptive data of patients with goiter and controls.

	Patient (𝑛=52)	Control (𝑛=31)
Age (mean ± SD)	47.37±12.22	39.29±13.32
Gender
Males	6 (11.5%)	17 (54.8%)
Females	46 (88.5%)	14 (45.2%)
Smoking
No	33 (63.5%)	20 (64.5%)
Yes	19 (36.5%)	11 (35.5%)
Allergy
Absent	46 (88.5%)	28 (90.3%)
Present	6 (11.5%)	3 (9.7%)
Duration of disease in years (mean ± SD)	3.32±4.17	N/A
Nodules		N/A
Absent	10 (19.2%)
Present	42 (80.8%)
*TSH		N/A
Hyperthyroid	5 (9.6%)
Euthyroid	36 (69.2%)
Hypothyroid	5 (9.6%)
Missing	6 (11.5%)

*TSH: hyper-thyroid (<0.27); euthyroid (0.27–4.20); hypothyroid (>4.20).