PREVALENCE AND TYPES OF ANAEMIA IN THYROID DISORDERS

Abstract

Aim: Methods & To study the prevelance and types of anaemia in patients with thyroid disorders. Materials: A cross sectional study was conducted on 160 patients ≥18years including both hypothyroid & hyperthyroid patients at OPD/IPD in SRN Hospital afliated to MLN Medical College, Prayagraj between July2021 & June 2022. CBC, GBP with Reticulocyte count and thyroid prole was done. The prevalence of anaemia was f Result: ound to be 67.50% in the study population. Among hypothyroid patients, majority of the patients were found to be anaemic (70.8%), however in hyperthyroid patients, majority of the patients were found to be non-anaemic (62.5%).The most common type of RBC morphology found in the study population was normocytic normochromic (69.4%), followed by microcytic hypochromic (16.8%) and macrocytic (13.8%) . Majority of the study subjects in the study population had moderate anaemia ( 80.6%), followed by mild anaemia (11.1%) and severe anaemia ( 8.3%). The severity of anaemia was more in hypothyroid patients(82.4% patients had moderate anaemia) as compared to hyperthyroid patients(50% patients had moderate anaemia). Conclusion: The prevalence of anaemia was found to be 67.50% in the study population. Higher prevalence of anaemia was found in hypothyroid patients (70.8%) as compared to that in hyperthyroid patients (37.5%).The most common type of RBC morphology found in the study population was normocytic normochromic (69.4%). Severity of anaemia was found to be more in hypothyroid patients as compared to hyperthyroid patients.