Figure 1. Age distribution of 728 PTM cases in decades of life.
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Original Article
Volume 5, Number 4, August 2015, pages 250-255
Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Pretibial Myxedema in Chinese Outpatients With Thyroid Diseases
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| Age range (years) | No. | Average ± SD (years) | Sex | Ratio | Occupation | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Chinese farmer | City resident | Worker | Teacher | Cadre | Doctor | Police | ||||
| 1 - 10 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 11 - 20 | 27 | 18.3 ± 1.4 | 6 | 21 | 1:3.5 | 26 | 1 | |||||
| 21 - 30 | 107 | 26.4 ± 3.1 | 13 | 94 | 1:7.2 | 95 | 8 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 31 - 40 | 249 | 35.8 ± 2.7 | 46 | 203 | 1:4.4 | 214 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
| 41 - 50 | 173 | 45.5 ± 3.0 | 40 | 133 | 1:3.3 | 144 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 51 - 60 | 129 | 54.4 ± 2.9 | 34 | 95 | 1:2.8 | 99 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
| 61 - 70 | 36 | 64.0 ± 2.4 | 11 | 25 | 1:2.3 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 71 - 80 | 7 | 73.7 ± 2.3 | 4 | 3 | 1:0.8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Total (15 - 78) | 728 | 41.1 ± 11.9 | 154 | 574 | 1:3.7 | 604 | 81 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| Treatment | No. | Before or after I-131 treatment when PTM occurs | Thyroid function when PTM occurs (No.) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | Hyperthyroidism | Hypothyroidism | Normal | Unclear | ||
| NS: no relation with I-131 treatment. | |||||||
| No I-131 treatment | 103 | NS | NS | 68 | 26 | 9 | 0 |
| I-131 treatment | 625 | 70 | 555 | 92 | 57 | 456 | 20 |
| Total | 728 | 70 | 555 | 160 | 83 | 465 | 20 |