Research Article
Thyroid Disorders in Central Ghana: The Influence of 20 Years of Iodization
Table 4
Differences in admission of thyroid disorders before and after iodization in Central Ghana.
| | Thyroid disorder | 1982–1995
| 1996–2014
| value |
| | Graves’ disease, (%) | 124 (5.2) | 1233 (15.1) | <0.0001 | | Toxic adenoma/toxic nodular goiter, (%) | 403 (16.9) | 2017 (24.9) | <0.0001 | | Total, (%) | 527 (22.1) | 3240 (40.0) | <0.0001 |
| | Graves’ disease, (%) | 124 (5.2) | 1233 (15.1) | <0.00001 | | Autoimmune thyroiditis, (%) | 105 (4.4) | 583 (7.2) | <0.00001 | | Total, (%) | 229 (9.6) | 1816 (22.3) | <0.0001 |
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