Number (n)

Percentage (%)

Health facility

Yalgado Ouédraogo Teaching Hospital

105

87.5

Tengandogo Teaching Hospital

10

8.3

Bogodogo Teaching Hospital

5

4.2

Sex

Male

25

20.8

Female

95

79.2

Age (years)

[10 – 30]

14

11.7

[30 – 50]

57

47.5

[50 – 70]

44

36.7

[70 – 90]

5

4.1

Place of residence

Urban

111

92.5

Rural

9

7.5

Socio-professional activity

Housewives

43

35.8

Civil servants

29

24.2

Students

13

10.8

Traders

8

6.7

Farmers

5

4.2

Retired

8

6.7

Other*

14

11.6

History of thyroid pathology

Thyroid pathology

106

88.3

Goiter

64

53.3

Hyperthyroidism

75

62.5

Thyroidectomy

40

33.3

Comorbidities

HPT

30

25

Diabetes

10

8.3

Cardiopathy**

6

5