Evaluation of Thyroid Function in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

Thyroid disorders and diabetes mellitus are the two most common endocrinopathies encountered in clinical practice. Diabetes mellitus is a clinical syndrome characterized by hyperglycemia due to complete or relative deficiency of insulin. Diabetes mellitus is a major endocrine disorder worldwide in clinical practice. Despite of advances in treatment a large group
of patients present with complications because of poor glycaemic control. The prevalence of Thyroid disorder in our study was 24.25% of which Sub-clinical hypothyroidism was 53.61%, followed by hypothyroidism 30.93%, followed by sub-clinical hyperthyroidism 11.34% and hyperthyroidism 4.12% in type 2 diabetic patients. The prevalence of sub clinical hypothyroidism
was highest in the thyroid disorders in the study. The prevalence of thyroid disorder was more in females as compared to males in the study.