Study the effect of age and gender on Thyroid patients (Hyperthyroidism, Hypothyroidism) in Baghdad

Abstract

The importance of thyroid diseases and the number of the patients are increased recently in Iraq .Thus we conducted this study in Baghdad city ( the specialized center for endocrine diseases and diabetes)During the year 2008.we concluded from this study that the age group(11-20)year is the highest that show Hyperthyroidism in female, while in male the age group(31-40)year is the highest among other group. In comparison between males and females we found that the values of (T3,T4)hormones had significant differences in all age group, while the value of TSH hormone was almost constant. In Hypothyroidism the age group (21-30) year is the highest within females, while the age in male was (0-10),(31-40) year in males ,is the highest. The result from this study also proved that males are less affected than females to the thyroid diseases.