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Objective To investigate the detection rate and characteristics of thyroid nodules in medical personnels.Methods A total of 830 medical personnels from the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine who participated in physical examination and completed thyroid high frequency color Doppler ultrasound examination from January to December 2014 were enrolled in this study.The prevalence rate of thyroid nodules in the 830 medical personnels was investigated.Additionally,the differences in detection rate,size,nature,number of nodules were compared in gender and age.Results A total of 384 thyroid nodules were detected,including 123 males (the detection rate was 40.07％) and 261 females (the detection rate was 49.90％).The detection rate of thyroid nodules was increased with age (P＜0.05).The single nodule was detected in 194 cases (50.52％) of patients,and multiple nodules were present in 190 cases (49.48％) of patients.The proportion of multiple nodules was gradually increased with age.In male and female patients,thyroid nodules were mainly small ones.Among the 384 cases of patients,81 cases (21.09％) were found thyroid nodular calcification,including 28 cases (34.57％) of male patients and 53 cases (65.43 ％) of female patients.Conclusion The detection rate of thyroid nodules of medical personnels in this hospital is high,and the prevalence rate is increased with age.The thyroid color ultrasound should be one of the routine physical examination items.
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Objective To investigate the detection rate and characteristics of thyroid nodules in medical personnels.Methods A total of 830 medical personnels from the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine who participated in physical examination and completed thyroid high frequency color Doppler ultrasound examination from January to December 2014 were enrolled in this study.The prevalence rate of thyroid nodules in the 830 medical personnels was investigated.Additionally,the differences in detection rate,size,nature,number of nodules were compared in gender and age.Results A total of 384 thyroid nodules were detected,including 123 males (the detection rate was 40.07％) and 261 females (the detection rate was 49.90％).The detection rate of thyroid nodules was increased with age (P＜0.05).The single nodule was detected in 194 cases (50.52％) of patients,and multiple nodules were present in 190 cases (49.48％) of patients.The proportion of multiple nodules was gradually increased with age.In male and female patients,thyroid nodules were mainly small ones.Among the 384 cases of patients,81 cases (21.09％) were found thyroid nodular calcification,including 28 cases (34.57％) of male patients and 53 cases (65.43 ％) of female patients.Conclusion The detection rate of thyroid nodules of medical personnels in this hospital is high,and the prevalence rate is increased with age.The thyroid color ultrasound should be one of the routine physical examination items.