Table 5 |
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Thyroid volume (Tvol) and goitre prevalence in children (n = 419) and women (n = 405), stratified for examiners 1 and 2, before and after the correction of examiner 2's Tvol. |
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Examiner 1 (n = 406) |
Examiner 2 (n = 418) |
P-value |
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Before correction |
After correction |
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Children, (n) |
209 |
210 |
210 |
- |
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Tvol (mL), median (P25-P75) |
5.7 (4.3-7.6) |
3.3 (2.3-4.2) |
4.6 (3.2-6.0) |
<0.001c |
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Goitrea n (%) |
112 (69) |
18 (11) |
75 (44) |
<0.001d |
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Women, (n) |
197 |
208 |
208 |
- |
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Tvol (mL), median (P25-P75) |
10.3 (8.6-12.9) |
5.8 (4.6-7.6) |
8.3 (6.6-10.8) |
<0.001c |
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Goitreb n (%) |
11 (6) |
2 (1) |
7 (3) |
0.01/0.34d |
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aInternational reference values for Tvol for age [5] bThyroid enlargement was defined as a Tvol exceeding 18 ml for women [16] cMann-Whitney test (examiner 1 and examiner 2, same p-value before and after correction) dChi-square test (examiner 1 and examiner 2, before and after correction) |
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Henjum et al. Nutrition Journal 2010 9:66 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-9-66 |
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