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

Table 3

Spectrum of thyroid dysfunction types according to age and sex of the study participants (n = 384).

Variables	Category	Subclinical hypothyroidism		Hypothyroidism		Subclinical hyperthyroidism		Hyperthyroidism
		N (%)	χ ^2	N (%)	χ ^2	N (%)	χ ^2	N (%)	χ ^2
Age (years)	<25	2 (33.3)	0.122	1 (50)	0.294	10 (27.0)	0.223	11 (19.6)	0.044
	25–35	1 (16.7)		0 (0)		5 (13.5)		10 (17.9)
	36–45	1 (16.7)		0 (0)		14 (37.8)		14 (25)
	46–55	2 (33.3)		1 (50)		6 (16.2)		11 (19.6)
	≥56	0 (0)		0 (0)		2 (5.4)		10 (17.9)
Sex	Male	0 (0)	0.413	0 (0)	0.638	2 (5.4)	0.123	4 (7.1)	0.793
	Female	6 (100)		2 (100)		35 (94.6)		52 (92.8)

χ ² = Pearson chi-square;