Hypothyroidism in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus attending Jorhat Medical College Hospital –a hospital based study.

Dr. Chandan Kumar Kashyap; Dr. Saurabh Borkotoki

Volume : VII, Issue : III, March - 2017

Hypothyroidism in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus attending Jorhat Medical College Hospital –a hospital based study.

Dr. Chandan Kumar Kashyap, Dr. Saurabh Borkotoki

Abstract :

Aims:– To evaluate hypothyroidism and risk factors associated with it in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus attending Jorhat Medical College Hospital. Study design:– It was a hospital based case control study,conducted upon 50 known cases with type 2 diabetes mellitus attending Jorhat Medical College Hospital during the six months of study period (1st september 2015 to 31st march 2016). Sample size included 50 cases and 50 age & sex matched non diabetic healthy controls without any apparent thyroid disorder. Results:– Altered thyroid function were significantly higher among female cases than controls (p=0.01) .Hypothyroidism and subclinical hypothyroidism was significantly more among cases than controls, (p=0.0018) and (p=0.0021) respectively. Hypothyroidism were found to be significantly more among the females cases than controls (p=0.003).Sex wise comparison subclinical hypothyroidism of male and female among cases and controls were statistically significant (p=0.0005) and (0.0029) respectively.