Those numbers look very high to me - prevalence of hypothyroidism over the population as a whole may be about five percent - but it does tend to become more frequent in elderly people.
In any event, there's bound to be _some_ overlap between AS and hypothyroidism. I read mentions of a possible correlation without any further explanation, and have heard of a few people who have both (if I indeed am AS, that would make me one, as I have hypothyroidism). But hypothyroidism does seem to be more common in women. I am uncommon, as being male and diagnosed with hypothyroidism at 26.
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Merlijn
Male, self-diagnosed - so perhaps I really am a mutant.
20 Aug 2006, 8:27 am
