Table 3 Demographics of patients with primary hypothyroidism (n = 100)
Age (years) | |
 Mean ± SD | 52.6 ± 16.7 |
Gender (n) | |
 Female | 84 |
Race (n) | |
 Caucasian | 62 |
 Asian | 14 |
 Black | 5 |
 Other | 10 |
 Patient refused to answer | 8 |
 Unknown | 1 |
Visit type (n) | |
 New patient visit | 28 |
 Established patient visit | 72 |
Interval between current and next visits (months) | |
 Mean ± SD | 4.6 ± 3.1 |
Patients with return visit within 6 months (n) | 46 |
Etiology of hypothyroidism (n) | |
 Hashimoto’s thyroiditis | 24 |
 Post-operative | 10 |
 Post-ablative | 14 |
 Unspecified | 52 |
Presence of other concomitant thyroid conditions (n) | |
 None | 72 |
 Thyroid nodule | 23 |
 Goiter | 9 |