Causes of different goiter rates with the same iodine deficiency among the pastoral and agricultural populations of Tibet: a geographical comparison

Table 6 Per capita daily intake (μg) of thyroid hormone from meat and dairy

Source of thyroid hormone	Pastoral residents’ daily intake of thyroid hormone			p	Agricultural residents’ daily intake of thyroid hormone
Source of thyroid hormone	Median	Interquartile	Range	p	Median	Interquartile	Range
Beef	4.98	4.65	0.86-38.8	0.000	1.09	1.52	0.02-22.2
Milk	3.74	7.80	0.14-40.6	0.000	0.93	4.14	0.0-74.3
Beef and milk	9.62	10.8	0.90-47.2	0.000	1.54	2.95	0.06-75.3
mutton	0.84	-	-	-	0.25
Total	10.5				1.79

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