Prevalence of Thyroid Dysfunction in the  Patients Visiting Tertiary Health Care  Hospital, Faridabad; Haryana

Dr Sudha Jha; Dr. Naved Ahmad

Volume : II, Issue : X, October - 2013

Prevalence of Thyroid Dysfunction in the Patients Visiting Tertiary Health Care Hospital, Faridabad; Haryana

Dr Sudha Jha, Dr. Naved Ahmad

Abstract :

The present study was conducted to determine the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in patients attending Gold Field Institute of Medical Sciences & Research & its associated hospital. This retrospective hospital based study involved 586 patients having undergone thyroid hormones function assay, in the central clinical biochemistry laboratory. These patients were evaluated for thyroid hormone assay tri–iodo thyronine (T3), tetra–iodo thyronine (T4) & thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) by Mini Vidas auto analyzer using enzyme linked fluorescent assay technique. Our study revealed that the prevalence of Hypothyroidism was 23% & Hyperthyroidism 7% & in our study area, thyroid dysfunction is more prevalent in females who are in the age group of 21–35 years.