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

CONCLUSION: 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.PMID:36404507 | DOI:10.34172/aim.2022.69
Source: Archives of Iranian Medicine - Category: Middle East Health Authors: Source Type: research