Research Article
Thyroid Disorders in Central Ghana: The Influence of 20 Years of Iodization
Table 3
Temporal trends in incidence and characteristics of thyroid admissions in Central Ghana from 1982 to 2014.
| | Characteristics | 1982–1989 | 1990–1999 | 2001–2009 | 2010–2014 | value |
| | Number | | 1152 | 2290 | 3753 | 3240 | <0.0001 | | Incidence | 100,000 admissions | 212 | 229 | 417 | 648 | <0.0001 | | Age/years | Mean | 43.3 (18.5) | 44.8 (18.8) | 41.3 (14.1) | 43.1 (15.3) | 0.7 | | Median | 43 (30–56) | 40 (28–60) | 40 (30–50) | 42 (31.5–53) | 0.06 | | Women number (%) | | 638 (54.9) | 1456 (66.3) | 2931 (78.1) | 2631 (81.2) | 0.0004 | | Hypothyroidism | E0 3.9 | 237 (20.4) | 419 (18.3) | 188 (5.0) | 68 (2.1) | <0.0001 | | Nontoxic diffuse goiter | E0 4.0 | 66 (5.7) | 46 (2.0) | 480 (12.8) | 113 (3.5) | 0.39 | | Nontoxic thyroid nodule | E0 4.1 | 41 (3.5) | 121 (5.3) | 274 (7.3) | 113 (4.4) | 0.02 | | Nontoxic MNG | E0 4.2 | 595 (51.2) | 964 (42.1) | 544 (14.5) | 363 (11.2) | <0.0001 | | Toxic MNG | EO 5.2 | 48 (4.1) | 176 (7.7) | 1.066 (28.4) | 1260 (38.9) | <0.0001 | | Toxic adenoma | | 2 (0.3) | 32 (1.4) | 109 (2.9) | 136 (4.2) | <0.0001 | | Diffuse toxic goiter | E0 5.0 | 50 (4.3) | 137 (6.0) | 454 (12.1) | 713 (22.0) | <0.0001 | | Thyroiditis unspecified | EO 6.9 | 12 (2.1) | 30 (2.9) | 34 (2.6) | 27 (2.5) | <0.12 | | Autoimmune thyroiditis | E0 6.3 | 24 (3.8) | 66 (5.4) | 198 (5.1) | 324 (10.0) | <0.00001 | | Unspecified thyroid/other disease | E0 7.9 | 40 (3.4) | 57 (2.5) | 161 (4.3) | 62 (1.9) | 0.32 |
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