Abstract

Background: The metabolic syndrome is a constellation of clinical and metabolic abnormalities including abdominal obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia and impaired fasting glucose/or impaired glucose tolerance. Metabolic syndrome and thyroid dysfunction are independent risk factors for the cardiovascular disease. Aims and Objectives: To study the prevalence, symptomatology of thyroid dysfunction and FNAC findings of thyroid in the patients having metabolic syndrome. Material and Method: The study was carried out in 60 cases of metabolic syndrome (according to NCEP ATP III criteria) selected from the medicine outdoor clinic (including diabetic clinics, thyroid clinics) and medicine indoor wards. Diagnosis of thyroid dysfunction was made by history, examination and serum FT4 and TSH. Result and Observation: Out of 60 patients of metabolic syndrome 30 patients (50%) were euthyroid, 13 patients (21.66%) had subclinical hypothyroid and 12 patients (30%) had overt hypothyroid. 5 patients (8.33%) of metabolic syndrome had hyperthyroidism. Truncal obesity was most prevalent (80.0%) component of metabolic syndrome, next was hypertriglyceridemia (70%). Diabetes mellitus was equally prevalent in both males as well as females and was present in about 40.0% patients and 53% of patients with metabolic syndrome were hypertensive.

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