在意大利东北部的一项基于人口的大型研究中,甲状腺功能障碍的发病率.
Simona Censi1, Laura Salmaso2, Filippo Ceccato1
1Endocrinology Unit, Department of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Endocrine connections
|October 19, 2023
概括
意大利威尼托地区甲状腺功能障碍的发病率在2013-2022年期间显著下降,这表明预防的成功. COVID-19大流行并没有改变甲状腺疾病的下降趋势.
科学领域:
- 内分泌学 在内分泌学.
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 在过去的十年中,由于持续的预防计划,威尼托地区的状况有所改善.
- 改善状态对该地区甲状腺功能障碍的流行病学的影响以前未经记录.
研究的目的:
- 估计2013年至2022年间意大利威尼托地区甲状腺功能障碍的发病率.
- 分析与状况和公共卫生运动有关的甲状腺功能障碍发病率趋势.
主要方法:
- 一个回顾性,以人口为基础的研究,利用区域健康数据库.
- 使用医疗保健共同支付豁免和从2013年到2022年的医院诊断来确定甲状腺功能障碍的发生率.
- 根据年龄,性别和病因学计算和分析了标准化发病率.
主要成果:
- 总共有26,602例发生的甲状腺功能障碍病例被确定,总发病率为每10万人/年54.38,女性的发病率明显高.
- 发病率从2013年的69.87下降到2022年的42.83.
- 2020年观察到暂时的下降,与SARS-CoV-2流行病相吻合,但有毒的多块,有毒的单块和格雷夫斯病的整体下降趋势仍然存在.
结论:
- 该研究记录了威尼托地区甲状腺功能障碍发生率的显著下降.
- 这种下降与该地区因长期预防而改善的状况密切相关.
- 公共卫生干预措施,包括预防,有效降低甲状腺功能障碍的发病率,没有观察到SARS-CoV-2大流行或疫苗接种运动的负面影响.
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