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. 2011 Jul;15(Suppl 2):S78-81.
doi: 10.4103/2230-8210.83329.

Thyroid disorders in India: An epidemiological perspective

Ambika Gopalakrishnan Unnikrishnan  1 , Usha V Menon
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Thyroid disorders in India: An epidemiological perspective

Ambika Gopalakrishnan Unnikrishnan et al. Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2011 Jul.

Abstract

Thyroid diseases are common worldwide. In India too, there is a significant burden of thyroid diseases. According to a projection from various studies on thyroid disease, it has been estimated that about 42 million people in India suffer from thyroid diseases. This review will focus on the epidemiology of five common thyroid diseases in India: (1) hypothyroidism, (2) hyperthyroidism, (3) goiter and iodine deficiency disorders, (4) Hashimoto's thyroiditis, and (5) thyroid cancer. This review will also briefly cover the exciting work that is in progress to ascertain the normal reference range of thyroid hormones in India, especially in pregnancy and children.

Keywords: Hypothyroidism; India; thyroid.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: None declared.

Figures

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Figure 1
Prevalence of thyroid function abnormalities found in 971 adult subjects form a community study from Kerala, South India.[3]
Figure 2
Figure 2
Histological type distribution of 1185 “new cases” of thyroid cancer. Figure based on a table published by Gangadharan et al.[11] Anaplastic, Cancer Not-Otherwise Specified and No histology proof-cases, together, accounted for 223 cases in this survey
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