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Table 1 Characteristics of the included studies

From: The change in thyroid function categories with time in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism: a systematic review and meta-analysis

No.

First author

Publication year

Location

Age

(years)

Median follow-up period (years)

OH,

n(%)

SCH,

n(%)

EU,

n(%)

Total,

n

Score

1(16)

Diez

2004

Spain

55–83

2.6

28(26.2)

39(36.4)

40(37.4)

107

9

2(18)

Imaizumi

2011

Japan

55–86

4.2

5(7.0)

27(38.0)

38(53.5)

70

9

3(17)

Somwaru

2012

America

≥ 65

2

8(2.3)

208(60.5)

128(37.1)

344

9

4(19)

Rosário

2016

Brazil

20–71

5

46(19.1)

140(58.1)

55(22.8)

241

8

5(20)

Sridhar

2018

India

2–16

1

3(7.5)

16(40.0)

21(52.5)

40

7

6(21)

Abu-Helalah

2021

Jordan

18–79

0.5

28(12.4)

30(13.3)

166(73.8)

224

8

7(22)

Amouzegar

2022

Iran

≥ 20

10

43(15.9)

118(43.7)

109(40.4)

270

8

8(23)

Zhong

2022

China

≥ 40

3

27(4.6)

266(45.8)

270(46.5)

563

9

  1. Abbreviations: OH, overt hypothyroidism; SCH, subclinical hypothyroidism; EU, euthyroidism