Evaluation of Thyroid Hormones and Goitre in a Rural Community in a Region of Anatolia

Authors

METİN KILINÇ
GÜNEŞ T. YÜREGİR
FİKRET EZBERCİ
HASAN EKERBİÇER
MEHMET AKİF BÜYÜKBEŞE

DOI

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Abstract

This study was conducted in an endemic goitre area to determine thyroid profiles TSH, freeT4 (fT4), T4, fT3 and T3, as well as the degree of the severity of hypothyroidism and the prevalence of the disease. Tonbak is a small village in Kahramanmaraş. The iodine content of the water is < 1 mg/L. A randomly selected group of 121 subjects aged 16-55 were included in the study. The percentage of goitre was 71.1% upon physical examination. Subjects with primary hypothyroidism were 16.5%. Mean scores of fT4 were 8.9±2.6 pmol/l (range: 2.7-12.9) and mean scores of TSH were 18.1±26.1 mU/ml (range: 4.33-100

Keywords

Goitre, TSH, fT4, Iodine deficiency, Kahramanmaraş (Turkey)

First Page

547

Last Page

552

Recommended Citation

KILINÇ, METİN; YÜREGİR, GÜNEŞ T.; EZBERCİ, FİKRET; EKERBİÇER, HASAN; and BÜYÜKBEŞE, MEHMET AKİF (2001) "Evaluation of Thyroid Hormones and Goitre in a Rural Community in a Region of Anatolia," Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences: Vol. 31: No. 6, Article 14. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/medical/vol31/iss6/14