Research Article

Possible Effects of Perchlorate Contamination of Drinking Water on Thyroid Health

Table 4

Thyroid status of subjects from the contaminated and control areas (Univariate analysis).

Thyroid status of subjectsContaminated areaControl area value
n (%)n (%)

Hypothyroid11 (4.1)9 (3.3)0.740
Euthyroid257 (94.4)255 (94.5)ā€‰
Hyperthyroid4 (1.5)6 (2.2)ā€‰