Frequency of Hypothyroidism in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

Objective:  To determine the frequency of hypothyroidism in patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Study Design: Descriptive / cross sectional study

Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Department of Medicine and Endocrinology, MTI HMC/KGMC Peshawar from March 2016 to September 2016

Materials and Methods: In this descriptive cross sectional study sample size was calculated according to WHO sampling technique a total of 151 using prevalence of hypothyroidism among diabetes patients are about 17%, 95% confidence level and 6% margin of error with WHO formula. Consecutive non probability sampling technique was used to collect samples for our study.

Result: In our study mean age of patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 was 55 yr with SD ± 1.26. Forty two percent patients were male and 58% patients were female. Eighty three percent patients had euthyroidism, 5% patients had hypothyroidism overt, 12 % patients had subclinical hypothyroidism. 

Conclusion: The study showed that the frequency of both subclinical and clinical hypothyroidism is significant in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and is one of the complications or co-finding in all such patients.