Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Endemic goiter occurs frequently in iodine deficient areas. Our past medical survey revealed that goiter was endemic in Xinjiang, Northwestern China, because, several elderly Uygur subjects had goiter. In the present study, several medical parameters were compared between subjects with and those without goiter.Methods: Elderly Uygur (age, 65–70 years n=99) and very old Uygur subjects (age, >90 years n=111) were hosp...