Endocrinology-metabolism
Prevalence of thyroid nodules and their associated clinical parameters: a large-scale, multicenter-based health checkup study
Jae Hoon Moon, Min Kyung Hyun, Ja Youn Lee, Jung Im Shim, Tae Hyuk Kim, Hoon Sung Choi, Hwa Young Ahn, Kyung Won Kim, Do Joon Park, Young Joo Park, Ka Hee Yi
Korean J Intern Med. 2018;33(4):753-762. Published online July 7, 2017
Background/Aims: We evaluated the prevalence and characteristics of thyroid nodules detected by thyroid ultrasound (US) at health checkups and the associated clinical parameters.
Methods: A total of 72,319 subjects who underwent thyroid US at three health checkup centers in Korea from January 2004 ..
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