Burden Of Thyroid Dysfunction Among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients With Emphasis On Its Prevalence And Pattern Of Presentation: A Case Controlled Study.

CONCLUSION: Prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in T2DM patients in this study was 12.4% which was high compared to 1.7% observed in the controls (P = 0.001). Majority of those who had thyroid dysfunction were females. About 9 in 10 of all subjects with thyroid dysfunction had hypothyroidism. PMID: 32026780 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Diabetes Reviews - Category: Endocrinology Authors: Tags: Curr Diabetes Rev Source Type: research