Table 1

Patient characteristics

Soy diet groupNon-soy diet group
Number of subjects870
Male/female4/429/41
Diagnosis
    Dysgenesis649
        Athyreotic315
        Ectopic334
    Dyshormonogenesis112
    Transient15
    Down’s syndrome02
    No scan done02
Reason for referral
    State screen865
    Neck mass02
    Clinical suspicion03