Prevalence of Thyroid Dysfunction Found in Type II Diabetes Mellitus Patients at Tertiary Care Centre in Jharkhand

Hypothyroidism and diabetes share clinical sign and symptoms, such as fatigue, lethargy and weight gain. Population with diabetes experience very high rate of morbidity and mortality from a variety of disease condition. The ability to diagnose and treat unsuspected thyroid disorder in these populations may greatly enhance quality of life.

To study the pattern of thyroid dysfunction in patients with type 2 Diabetes mellitus.

It was a cross sectional study done on type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. 100 cases and 50 controls were included in the study. Diabetic patients on medication that alter thyroid functioning, patients with previously known thyroid dysfunction & pregnant women were excluded from the study. Detailed history was taken; physical examination and required investigations were conducted on patients who satisfied inclusion & exclusion criteria. Investigations done were fasting Plasma glucose, TSH, FT₃ and FT₄. Differences between various parameters were considered statistically significant when the p value was <0.05.

The prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in this study was 27% in which 25% had hypothyroid while only 2% had hyperthyroid.

The present study shows that the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction is high in type 2 DM patients hence regular monitoring of TSH levels in diabetic patients should be suggested.