A follow-up study on factors affecting the recovery of patients with hypothyroidism in different selenium environments

Table 1 Demographic and lifestyle characteristics of the participants in the two counties

	Se-adequate		Se-deficient		χ²	P
	N(549)	%	N(641)	%	χ²	P
Age2019(years)					10.872	0.012
18–30	3	0.5	11	1.7
31–40	32	5.8	42	6.6
41–50	72	13.1	118	18.4
> = 51	442	80.5	470	73.3
Gender					3.604	0.058
Male	122	22.2	173	27.0
Female	427	77.8	468	73.0
Education					46.777	< 0.001
Elementary school and below	438	79.8	395	61.6
middle school	70	12.8	162	25.3
High school / technical secondary school	24	4.4	52	8.1
University and above	17	3.1	32	5.0
Smoking status					2.380	0.304
Never	467	85.1	527	82.2
Occasional smokers	15	2.7	16	2.5
Frequent smokers	67	12.2	98	15.3
BMI					25.944	< 0.001
< 18.5	29	5.3	47	7.3
18.5 ~ 23.99	350	68.8	317	49.5
24 ~ 27.99	144	26.2	222	34.6
> = 28	26	4.7	55	8.6
Alcohol consumption					13.862	0.001
Never	418	76.1	427	66.6
Occasional	102	18.6	157	24.5
Frequent	29	5.3	57	8.9

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