[Frequency of thyroid enlargement (goiter) in residents of the Szczecin region]

Przegl Epidemiol. 1991;45(3):219-25.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

The study has been carried out on 4,565 persons (2,349 girls and women also 2,216 boys and men) aged 4-64. The examined group was chosen randomly, according to a simple drawing scheme. The aim of the study is to evaluate frequency, magnitude and character of goiter in residents in Szczecin region. The goiter has been found in 19.5% persons in examined population, so it makes possible an endemic state. In consideration of a fact that goiter appears frequently among women and there are more cases of thyroid enlargement (O-B and I degree), as well as a small number of people with disturbance thyroid function only slightly endemic character is stated. Because the frequency of modular goiter among people with goiter is 20% it doesn't express extent of endemic state.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Goiter / epidemiology*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Poland / epidemiology