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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of school-age children and adults in the year of 2009 and 2017

From: Iodine status five years after the adjustment of universal salt iodization: a cross-sectional study in Fujian Province, China

 

2009

2017

School-age children

 Sex

  Male, n (%)

469 (50.6)

962 (51.5)

  Female, n (%)

458 (49.4)

907 (48.5)

 Age (years)

  8, n (%)

225 (24.3)

611 (32.7)

  9, n (%)

378 (40.8)

739 (39.5)

  10, n (%)

324 (35.0)

519 (27.8)

Adults

 Sex

  Male, n (%)

220 (49.4)

561 (50.4)

  Female, n (%)

225 (50.6)

552 (49.6)

Age (years), mean ± SD

33.6 ± 7.6

35.4 ± 8.5

  1. SD standard deviation