Volume : IX, Issue : II, February - 2019

PREVALENCE OF SUB-CLINICAL AND CLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM IN PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME

Dr P. Shakuntala, Dr. E. Ramya

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Metabolic syndrome is a multifactorial disorder associated with development of cardiovascular, neurological, immunological, renal and endocrine disease. Metabolic Syndrome is rapidly becoming the primary cause for morbidity and mortality in the industrialized world surpassing infection, trauma and smoking related disorders. Aims & Objectives: To study prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in patients with metabolic syndrome and to emphasize the need of thyroid function test in patients with metabolic syndrome whether necessary or not. Material & Methods: Current study in the prevalence subclinical hypothyroidism and clinical hypothyroidism in patients with metabolic syndrome in Government General Hospital, Nizamabad, Telangana was conducted over a period of ten months. Results: Fifty metabolic syndrome patients attending Hypertension Clinic, Diabetology Outpatient and General Medicine Outpatient were randomly screened. Out of 50 cases, the same population consists of 25 males and 25 females. Conclusion: Since our study shows significant proportion of patient with metabolic syndrome had thyroid dysfunction and clinical manifestation like hypertension, abnormal lipid profile and obesity coexist in both, it is mandatory to screen thyroid function for patients with metabolic syndrome.

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PREVALENCE OF SUB-CLINICAL AND CLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM IN PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME, Dr P. Shakuntala, Dr. E. Ramya INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-2 | February-2019

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