Volume : I, Issue : XI, August - 2012

Prevalence Of Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction In General Population: Focus On Tsh Co–Relation With Bmi

Dr. Kalyan Gaud, Ms. Shilpa Jaiswal

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OBJECTIVE Subclinical thyroid dysfunction is common and has significant potential risk of progression to overt disease. A study was undertaken to detect the prevalence of subclinical thyroid dysfunction in the general population, and its co–relation was also checked with Body Mass Index (BMI) of the study population. METHOD It was an observational cohort study. Subjects were categorized as normal, obese and underweight based on BMI classification by WHO. Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) was estimated from the venous samples of the subjects and analyzed by serum chemiluminescnece method. CONCLUSION Subclinical hypothyroidism (5.17%) is more prevalent than subclinical hyperthyroidism (1.72%) as noted in this study is consistent with the results of earlier studies. There was no significant difference in the level of TSH amongst the three BMI groups as P value is greater than the l.o.s 0.05. Thus, estimation of TSH levels should be advocated as a screening test for routine detection of thyroid dysfunction irrespective of the BMI.

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Dr. Kalyan Gaud, Ms. Shilpa Jaiswal Prevalence Of Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction In General Population: Focus On Tsh Co-Relation With Bmi Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.I, Issue.XI August 2012


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