Assessment of Thyroid Function Among Diabetes Mellitus Patients

Abstract

Background: Thyroid disorders are reported in higher magnitude among general population, although its prevalence is not as high as prevalence of diabetes mellitus. Thyroid disorders are endocrine in nature as diabetes mellitus and various studies were conducted to find out correlation between both the disorders. Material & Methods: Patients who were presenting with type 2 diabetes mellitus and confirmed with laboratory investigations and healthy controls were enrolled from outdoor and from ward by simple random sampling. Clearance from Institutional Ethics Committee was taken before start of study. Written informed consent was taken from each study participant Conclusion: We concluded from the present study that the patients of diabetes mellites had higher prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in comparison to the healthy controls enrolled in the study. We found subclinical hypothyroidism was more common than clinical hypothyroidism.