Gender-Specific Differences on the Association of Hypertension with Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction
Table 2
Incidence of subclinical hypothyroidism and subclinical hyperthyroidism on different genders according to age.
Incidence (and case number count) in different age subgroups (years)
Age ≤ 25
25 < age ≤ 35
35 < age ≤ 45
45 < age ≤ 55
55 < age ≤ 65
65 < age ≤ 75
Age > 75
Total
Male
Euthyroidism
97.83% (45)
97.53% (670)
97.71% (2641)
97.43% (2690)
96.03% (1500)
91.60% (338)
88.99% (97)
96.89% (7981)
Subclinical hypothyroidism#
2.17% (1)
2.04% (14)
2.11% (57)
2.39% (66)
3.52% (55)
8.40% (31)
10.09% (11)
2.85% (235)
Subclinical hyperthyroidism#
0.00% (0)
0.44% (3)
0.18% (5)
0.18% (5)
0.45% (7)
0.00% (0)
0.92% (1)
0.25% (21)
Female
Euthyroidism
90.00% (45)
94.49% (480)
92.18% (1474)
89.25% (1428)
84.77% (824)
85.26% (295)
89.71% (61)
89.58% (4607)
Subclinical hypothyroidism#
10.00% (5)
5.51% (28)
7.19% (115)
9.81% (157)
13.99% (136)
13.87% (48)
8.82% (6)
9.62% (495)
Subclinical hyperthyroidism#
0.00% (0)
0.00% (0)
0.63% (10)
0.94% (15)
1.23% (12)
0.87% (3)
1.47% (1)
0.80% (41)
Chi-squared value ^
Subclinical hypothyroidism#
2.504
10.296
68.193
116.481
95.568
5.637
0.71
284.382
Subclinical hyperthyroidism#
—
2.145
6.177
14.249
6.302
3.419
0.108
23.148
Total
2.504
12.536
73.723
128.940
100.369
8.849
0.186
304.206
#Subclinical hypothyroidism defined as TSH > 5.0 μlU/mL, subclinical hyperthyroidism defined as TSH ≤ 0.3 μlU/mL. ^Comparing the incidence of subclinical hypothyroidism and/or subclinical hyperthyroidism between males and females by Chi-squared method. and .
