Thyroid ultrasound of 914 cases of healthy people in Guangzhou area in a health physical examination in 2011: an observational study
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-4255.2014.02.024
- VernacularTitle:2011年广州市914例健康体检人群甲状腺彩超检查结果分析
- Author:
Xiangyi ZHENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Thyroid gland;
Nodules;
Physical examination;
Ultrasonography,doppler,color
- From:
Chinese Journal of Endemiology
2014;33(2):204-206
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the prevalence of thyroid nodules in Guangzhou City in a health physical examination.Methods The data of Doppler ultrasound cases from the department of internal medicine and convalescence,Panyu sanatorium were analyzed.Results ①The detection rates of tiny and non-small thyroid nodule in female individuals [44.1％ (207/469) and 21.7％ (102/469)] were higher than those of males [34.8％ (155/445) and 7.6％(34/445),x2 =8.27,35.88,all P ＜ 0.05]; ②The prevalence of tiny nodules increased gradually in the 21-30-year old people,reached the peak in the 51-60-year old people,and then decreased; ③ The rate of solid and mixed thyroid nodules in females [33.5％(157/469) and 26.2％(123/469)] gradually increased with growing age than those of males [22.0％(98/445) and 14.6％(65/445),x2 =14.89,18.87,all P ＜ 0.05] ; ④ The detection rate of multi-nodule in female[40.1％(188/469)] was higher than that of male[21.3％(95/445),x2 =37.5,P ＜ 0.05].Conclusions The elderly people have a higher risk of thyroid nodular,the detection rate of thyroid nodule in female people was higher than that in males.We should pay more attention to thyroid disease in elderly women.
