Labels:text | screenshot | black and white | black | font | document OCR: mary In non iodine-deficient communities, p ion in hypothyroidism is ten times more comn women of women than in men. The prevalence in ulation all ages is two to four per cent of the pop with (with one-third of these cases presenting incidence iatrogenic hypothyroidism). The annual all ages is of primary hypothyroidism in women o common intwo per thousand population. It is most y age. middle- aged women, but can occur at an ing The incidence of hypothyroidism follow 311, but first year radioiodine therapy is highest during the after treatment, regardless of the dose of reach fifty continues to accumulate slowly and may per cent after ten years (Fig. 15.22).
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