Evaluation of Metabolic Syndrome as a Complication in Thyroid Patients in Ghaziabad

Abstract

Thyroid hormones play an important role in regulating energy homeostasis, glucose and lipid metabolism. Thyroid functions affect Metabolic Syndrome parameters including HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides (TG), blood pressure and plasma glucose. The impact of various degree of thyroid dysfunction on these factors, however’ continues to be debatable. Therefore present study was carried out in Santosh Medical College and Hospital. 118 patients with hypothyroidism were included in the study. Out of 118 cases 60 cases were of overt hypothyroidism and 58 of subclinical hypothyroidism. Total of 69 cases were diagnosed with Metabolic Syndrome, of which 34 (12 male, 22 female) were of overt hypothyroid group and 35 (11 male, 24 female) were of subclinical hypothyroidism. Therefore patient are at risk of developing metabolic syndrome and other related disorders i. e. Diabetes Mellitus and Vascular complications, and hence need to be followed up for aforesaid parameters of metabolic syndrome.