Prevalence of Thyroid disorders in Patients of type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
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2013-07
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Background: Diabetes has become a major health challenge
worldwide. Various studies have found that diabetes and thyroid
disorders mutually influence each other and both disorders tend to
coexist.
Objective: To find out the prevalence of thyroid disorders in patients
of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Material and methods: The study was conducted on 200 patients of
type 2 diabetes mellitus aged between 40-70 years. All the patients
were evaluated for thyroid dysfunction by testing thyroid profile (T3, T4
& TSH). The correlation of prevalence of thyroid disorder with gender
distribution, age distribution, HbA1C, duration of diabetes,
hypertension, family history of thyroid disorder, BMI, usage of OHA’s
and insulin and dyslipidemia was then done. The observations and
interpretations were recorded and results obtained were statistically
analyzed.
Results: There was a high prevalence (16%) of thyroid disorders in
patients of type 2 diabetes mellitus, most common was subclinical
hypothyroidism (7.5%) which was further found to be more in females,
elderly patients, patients with uncontrolled diabetes i.e. HbA1C values
≥7 or patients on insulin and patients with BMI >30.
Conclusions: Screening of thyroid dysfunction should be done in all
diabetic patients especially in patients with poor diabetic control.
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus, thyroid disorders
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Jain G, MarwahaTS, Khurana A, Dhoat PS. Prevalence of Thyroid disorders in Patients of type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. International Journal of Medical and Dental Sciences. 2013 July; 2(2): 153-161.