TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Endocrine Disorders A1 - Allweiss, Pamela A1 - Carek, Peter J. A2 - South-Paul, Jeannette E. A2 - Matheny, Samuel C. A2 - Lewis, Evelyn L. Y1 - 2020 N1 - T2 - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Family Medicine, 5e AB - Thyroid disorders affect approximately 1 in 200 adults but are more common in women and with advancing age. About 4.6% of people have hypothyroidism, and about 1.2% have hyperthyroidism. Hypothyroidism is much more common than hyperthyroidism, nodular disease, or thyroid cancer. Epidemiologic studies have shown the prevalence of palpable thyroid nodules to be approximately 5% in women and 1% in men living in iodine-sufficient parts of the world. High-resolution ultrasound, however, may detect thyroid nodules in 19–68% of randomly selected people. Nodules are more common in women and the elderly. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1173716399 ER -