Prevalence of Thyroid Hormone Dysfunction among Female Patients, Attending A Multispeciality Hospital In Manipur

Introduction: Thyroid disease is a chronic non-communicable disease affecting women more than male . About 20 million Americans have some form of thyroid dysfunction, mostly women and about forty million individuals suffering in India. Objective of this study is the prevalence of thyroid hormone dysfunction in female patients as hypo or hyperthyroidism in the Dept of biochemistry, RIMS, Imphal. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the Deptt. of Biochemistry, RIMS, Imphal in collaboration with Deptt. of Medicine on 824 female patients from January 2010 to December 2012.Thyroid function test were assayed by the ELISA method. Results and observations: In this study, out of 824 female patients enrolled, 491 patients are below 40 yrs and 333 patients are above 40 yrs. The present study shows that prevalence of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism in females are 19.1% and 13.7% respectively and also shows that prevalence of hypothyroidism is more common in females of hilly areas (23.8%) compared to valley or plain areas (16.2%). Conclusion: Hypothyroidism is the most common thyroid dysfunction in the female population of Manipur so screening is needed above 40 yrs of female and for people of hilly areas of Manipur. KeyWords; female patients, hypothyroidism, hilly areas, T3, T4, TSH.