Prevalence of Hypothyroidism among the patients attended in the   clinics of  Tripura Medical College & Dr. B. R. A. M. Teaching Hospital,  Agartala, Tripura

Dr. Sankar Roy; Dr. Partha Sarathi Paul; Dr. Arpita Das; Dr. Tapan Debnath

Volume : VI, Issue : III, March - 2016

Prevalence of Hypothyroidism among the patients attended in the clinics of Tripura Medical College & Dr. B. R. A. M. Teaching Hospital, Agartala, Tripura

Dr. Sankar Roy, Dr. Partha Sarathi Paul, Dr. Arpita Das, Dr. Tapan Debnath

Abstract :

Hypothyroidism is a global health problem. Thyroid hormones control many metabolic pathways. Symptoms of hypothyroidism varies from man to man. Therefore, it is essential to know about the thyroid status. To assess that, estimation of serum Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) is the accepted parameter. It’s value more than 4.5µIU/L is taken as the cutoff value. The present retrospective study was conducted on 2824 patients attended in the different out patient department of Tripura Medical College, Agartala, Tripura, to assess the prevalence of hypothyroidism in and around Agartala city. After the analysis of the data it is found that (16.60 %) of the patients were suffering from hypothyroidism. Females (18.15 %) are more prone to hypothyroidism as compared to males (12.45%). It is also noted that hypothyroidism among the persons above 50 years of age (20.55 %) are more than the persons below the age of 25 years (11.90 %). This is the only study in Tripura state. More studies are necessary to establish the prevalence. Due to the paucity of epidemiological study a national prevalence could not be established. But this study will reflect a picture in the North –East India