Proportions of thyroid disorders in bhopal- a hospital based study
| Autor: | Devendra Gour, Tripti Saxena, Satish Melwani, Jeewan Singh Meena, Veena Melwani |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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endocrine system
030213 general clinical medicine Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty endocrine system diseases medicine.diagnostic_test Cross-sectional study Thyroid 030209 endocrinology & metabolism medicine.disease Thyroid function tests Thyroiditis Thyroid disorder Hospital based study 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure medicine Euthyroid hormones hormone substitutes and hormone antagonists Subclinical infection |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Research. 6:251-254 |
| ISSN: | 2394-6377 2394-6369 |
| DOI: | 10.18231/j.ijcbr.2019.056 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Thyroid disorder are multifactorial with contributions from genetic and environmental factors. The principal diseases of thyroid gland are goitre, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, thyroiditis and neoplasms. Estimation of thyroid hormones and TSH are essential in arriving at a diagnosis of thyroid dysfunction. Objectives: To find out spectrum of thyroid dysfunction among study participants and to assess the association of thyroid disorders with socio-demographic variables Material and Methods: This was a facility based cross sectional study in Department of Biochemistry, for a period of one year from 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2018. All the individuals reporting for thyroid function tests in Biochemistry department for first time were included in the study using systematic random sampling. All participants included in the study were interviewed and information was recorded on a questionnaire. Observations: The mean age of study participants was 31.9±12.0 years. 414 (67.9%) participants were euthyroid, 158 (25.9%) were diagnosed as hypothyroid (21.8% subclinical and 4.1% overt), while only 38 (6.2%) were diagnosed as hyperthyroid (3.1 subclinical and 3.1 overt). Keywords: Thyroid, Hypothyroidism, Hyperthyroidism, Spectrum, Bhopal. |
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