Total, n (%) n = 526 | Countries, n (%) | P-valuea | ||||||
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Netherlands n = 129 | Germany n = 61 | England n = 22 | Ireland n = 21 | Switzerland n = 262 | New Zealand n = 31 | |||
Males | 373 (71) | 81 (63) | 44 (72) | 14 (64) | 8 (38) | 213 (81) | 13 (42) | <0.01 |
>15 years of clinical experience | 325 (62) | 83 (64) | 35 (57) | 10 (46) | 4 (19) | 168 (64) | 25 (81) | <0.01 |
>30% patients in the practice aged ≥65 years | 181 (34) | 10 (8) | 37 (61) | 4 (18) | 9 (43) | 114 (44) | 7 (23) | <0.01 |
<1 year since last diagnosis of subclinical hypothyroidism in a patient | 481 (91) | 117 (91) | 56 (92) | 16 (73) | 21 (100) | 246 (94) | 25 (81) | <0.01 |
<1 year since last started thyroxine treatment in a patient with subclinical hypothyroidism | 372 (71) | 71 (55) | 55 (90) | 11 (50) | 18 (86) | 196 (75) | 21 (68) | <0.01 |
↵a P-values were obtained by χ2 tests.