Volume : III, Issue : XII, December - 2014

THE THYROID PROFILE IN TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE

Domala Prasad, Indla Devasena

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To study the prevalence of thyroid disorders in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. To evaluate the relationship between glycemic control and occurrence of altered thyroid function in type 2 diabetes mellitus. This is a hospital based cross sectional study done over a period of 2 years involving 108 patients with known type 2 diabetes mellitus or newly detected Type 2 diabetes mellitus without known thyroid disorders. All the patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus were evaluated for thyroid profile. In the present study, 13% of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus had abnormal thyroid profile. In patients with abnormal thyroid profile, most common abnormality was subclinical hypothyroidism followed by subclinical hyperthyroidism. In persons with abnormal thyroid profile, 85.7% were females and 14.3% were males. This is statistically significant. The prevalence of thyroid abnormalities is more common in females than in males. There is significant correlation between duration of diabetes and family history of diabetes.

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Domala Prasad, Indla Devasena The Thyroid Profile in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and its Significance International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 3, Issue : 12 December 2014

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