Thyroid dysfunction among adults in Bahrain: A hospital-based study.

CONCLUSION: This study showed that hypothyroidism predominates in the Bahraini population, and most of the patients were females with an age group of 20-<40 years old. In addition, the thyroid dysfunctions were correlated with the high percentages of positive frequencies with TPOAb and TGAb, indicating the predomination of autoimmune thyroid diseases. Besides, the determination of risk factors in relation to hypothyroidism occurrence such as genetic predisposition and loci genetic variants is highly essential. Also, more national studies and public awareness are needed to reduce the potential illnesses of thyroid dysfunction. PMID: 32338855 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Neuroendocrinology Letters - Category: Endocrinology Tags: Neuro Endocrinol Lett Source Type: research