Gender and Age-Specific Differences in the Association of Thyroid Function and Hyperuricemia in Chinese: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 2
Incidence of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism on different genders.
Incidence (and case number count) in different age subgroups, years
Age ≤ 25
25 ≤ age ≤ 35
35 age ≤ 45
45 ≤ age ≤ 55
55 ≤ age ≤ 65
65 ≤ age ≤ 75
Age ≤ 75
Total
Male
Euthyroidism
173 (96.6%)
2014 (98.4%)
2572 (98.2%)
2728 97.6%)
1488 (94.7%)
709 (94.3%)
556 (92.5%)
10240 (96.9%)
Hypothyroidism†
5 (2.8%)
`18 (0.9%)
34 (1.3%)
56 (2.0%)
69 (4.4%)
40 (5.3%)
42 (7.0%)
264 (2.5%)
Hyperthyroidism†
1 (0.6%)
15 (0.7%)
13 (0.5%)
10 (0.4%)
14 (0.9%)
3 (0.4%)
3 (0.5%)
59 (0.6%)
Female
Euthyroidism
284 (96.3%)
1978 (96.4%)
1848 (96.0%)
1103 (89.5%)
1987 (95.7%)
464 (91.9%)
320 (87.7%)
7984 (94.5%)
Hypothyroidism†
7 (2.3%)
53 (2.6%)
54 (2.8%)
111 (9.0%)
78 (3.8%)
37 (7.3%)
40 (11.0%)
380 (4.5%)
Hyperthyroidism†
4 (1.4%)
20 (1.0%)
22 (1.2%)
19 (1.5%)
12 (0.5%)
4 (0.8%)
5 (1.3%)
86 (1.0%)
Chi-square value‡
Hypothyroidism†
0.080
17.488
13.287
38.465
6.202
2.117
4.609
57.254
Hyperthyroidism†
0.678
0.711
6.075
5.974
0.096
0.843
2.096
13.080
Total
0.751
18.289
19.587
44.887
6.336
3.013
6.883
71.251
..†Hypothyroidism defined as TSH >5.5 mIU/mL and hyperthyroidism defined as TSH <0.35 mIU/mL. ‡Comparing the incidence of hypothyroidism and/or hyperthyroidism between males and females by the chi-squared method.
