Goitre Prevalence and Urinary Iodine Concentration in School-Aged Children in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
Table 1
Descriptive summary of demographic, anthropometric, and biochemical value of participants by sex.
Variable
Total (n = 852)
Female children (n = 416)
Male children (n = 436)
value
Age (years)
9.8 ± 0.08
9.8 ± 0.12
9.8 ± 0.12
0.881
Height (cm)
134.6 ± 0.57
134.9 ± 0.88
134.3 ± 0.76
0.629
Weight (kg)
30.0 ± 0.32
29.8 ± 0.44
30.2 ± 0.45
0.561
BMI (kg/m2)
16.4 ± 0.10
16.3 ± 0.15
16.6 ± 0.15
0.206
BSA (m2)
1.06 ± 0.01
1.05 ± 0.01
1.06 ± 0.01
0.813
UIC (μg/L)
201.85 (127.43–344.99)
181.02 (118.20–314.77)
224.59 (141.81–367.87)
<0.0001
TH VOL (mL)
3.43 ± 0.06
3.53 ± 0.09
3.32 ± 0.07
0.056
BMI: body mass index; BSA: body surface area; TH VOL: thyroid volume; UIC: urinary iodine concentrations. Values are presented as median (interquartile range). Bold values denote statistically significant correlations.
