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Table 1 Age and Gender-wise Distribution of Thyroid Status

From: Autoimmune thyroid status in subclinical thyroid disorders in patients attending a tertiary care center in Nepal: a hospital-based cross-sectional study

Age Range

Clinical Status

Subclinical Hyperthyroid

Subclinical Hypothyroid

Male

Female

Male

Female

Adolescent

0

0

1

3

Young adults

4

8

3

13

Middle-aged adults

2

5

6

5

Elderly

1

3

2

3

Senile

0

1

0

0

Total

7

17

12

24

  1. Among the recruited patients, 40% (n = 24) had subclinical hyperthyroid status while majority of the patients accounting for 60% (n = 36) had subclinical hypothyroid status. The gender-wise distribution depicted that both subclinical hyper- and hypothyroid status was preponderant in females, up to 70.83% (n = 17) and 66.67% (n = 24) respectively