The prevalence of thyroid dysfunction among women with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Duhok

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Background: Diabetes mellitus has become a major health problem worldwide, and is commonly associated with thyroid dysfunction.

The aim of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction among type 2 diabetic women.

Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted on 534 women with type 2 diabetes mellitus, in diabetes and endocrinology unit in Azadi Teaching Hospital, Duhok, from 1st February to 30th of July, 2015.

All the women were investigated for serum thyroid stimulating hormone, total T4, total T3, free T4, free T3, plasma glucose concentration and whole blood HbA1c percentage.

The correlation of the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction with age, HbA1c, duration of diabetes mellitus, blood pressure and body mass index were done.

Results: There was a high prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in women patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (24.2%).

From this thyroid dysfunction, subclinical hypothyroidism (12%) and subclinical hyperthyroidism (9.6%) were most common.

The higher incidence of thyroid dysfunction was found in women with age between 51 and 70 years, body mass index more than 30 kg/m2.

Conclusion: We concluded that all women patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus need a routine measurement of the thyroid function tests and more specifically those women with advanced age and high body mass index.