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. 2010 Mar 20;2(2):75-8.
doi: 10.4021/jocmr2010.03.281w. Epub 2010 Mar 25.

Prevalence of thyroid dysfunction among greek type 2 diabetic patients attending an outpatient clinic

Athanasia Papazafiropoulou  1 , Alexios Sotiropoulos, Anthi Kokolaki, Marina Kardara, Petroula Stamataki, Stavros Pappas
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Prevalence of thyroid dysfunction among greek type 2 diabetic patients attending an outpatient clinic

Athanasia Papazafiropoulou et al. J Clin Med Res. .

Abstract

Background: The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) attending an outpatient clinic.

Methods: We examined thyroid dysfunction in a total of 1,092 patients with T2D.

Results: Prevalence rate of thyroid dysfunction was 12.3%. In the group with thyroid dysfunction there was an excess of females in comparison with the group without thyroid dysfunction (P < 0.001). In addition, patients with thyroid dysfunction had higher values of body mass index (P = 0.03) and HDL-cholesterol levels (P = 0.01), and lower values of LDL-cholesterol levels (P = 0.001) in comparison with patients without thyroid dysfunction. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that presence of thyroid dysfunction was related with gender (OR: 0.220, 95% CI: 0.141 - 0.352) and LDL-cholesterol levels (OR: 0.990, 95% CI: 0.985 - 0.995).

Conclusions: The prevalence of thyroid dysfunction among Greek diabetic patients is 12.3%. Diabetic women were more frequently affected than men. Presence of thyroid dysfunction was associated with lower levels of LDL-cholesterol concentrations.

Keywords: Type 2 diabetes mellitus; Thyroid dysfunction; Hypothyroidism; Gender; LDL-cholesterol; Greece.

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