THE PREVALENCE OF THYROID DYSFUNCTION AMONG WOMEN WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS IN DUHOK

Abstract

ABSTRACTBackground: Diabetes mellitus has become a major health problem worldwide, and iscommonly associated with thyroid dysfunction. The aim of the study was to evaluate theprevalence of thyroid dysfunction among type 2 diabetic women.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted on 534 women with type 2 diabetesmellitus, in diabetes and endocrinology unit in Azadi Teaching Hospital, Duhok, from 1stFebruary to 30th of July, 2015. All the women were investigated for serum thyroidstimulating hormone, total T4, total T3, free T4, free T3, plasma glucose concentration andwhole blood HbA1c percentage. The correlation of the prevalence of thyroid dysfunctionwith age, HbA1c, duration of diabetes mellitus, blood pressure and body mass index weredone.Results: There was a high prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in women patients with type 2diabetes mellitus (24.2%). From this thyroid dysfunction, subclinical hypothyroidism (12%)and subclinical hyperthyroidism (9.6%) were most common. The higher incidence of thyroiddysfunction was found in women with age between 51 and 70 years, body mass index morethan 30 kg/m2.Conclusion: We concluded that all women patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus need aroutine measurement of the thyroid function tests and more specifically those women withadvanced age and high body mass index.