Prevalence of Hypothyroidism in Children and Adolescents of Fars Province (Southern Iran): A Nationwide Prescription Study, 2018-2019.

Alireza Mirahmadizadeh Razieh BahadoriGholamhossein Ranjbar OmraniForough Saki Mehrab Sayadi

Published in: Archives of Iranian medicine (2022)

Our study showed that the prevalence of congenital hypothyroidism was 3/10000 in southern Iran. Also, the prevalence of hypothyroidism in children and adolescents was totally 13/10000 population, and this prevalence increased in older age and female gender. This prevalence was close to the data from iodine sufficient areas in Europe and the United States.

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