Prevalence of thyroid disorders among pregnant women in lower Assam

New Indian Journal of OBGYN

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Diganta Das¹  Syed Javed Salman Chisty¹  Karabi Barman¹ 

[1] Department of Biochemistry, Diphu Medical College

关键词: Thyroid-stimulating hormone;    pregnant lady;    thyroid disorders;    Lower Assam.;   

DOI  :  10.21276/obgyn.2021.7.2.18

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Barpeta Obstetrics and Gynaecological Society

【 摘 要 】

Background: Prevalence of thyroid disorders during pregnancy has a wide geographic variation. There is paucity ofdata on prevalence of thyroid disorders in Indian pregnant women. Lower Assam consists of people of differentculture and ethnicity. In a pilot study done in lower part of Assam among 1st trimester pregnant lady in which theprevalence was alarmingly high. Objective: The objective of the study is to find out prevalence of thyroid disordersamong pregnant women in lower Assam. Materials and methods: The study was an out patient department (OPD)based randomized, prospective cohort, observational study over a period of one year. The 880 pregnant womenbetween the age group of 18 to 45 years, who were attending the antenatal OPDs of Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed MedicalCollege, were included in the study. Results: The mean age and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) level of studypopulation was 23.70 ± 4.77 years and 2.83±4.02 mIU/ml respectively. The prevalence of thyroid dysfunction was62.72%. Of this, prevalence of hypothyroidism was 61.70% and that of hyperthyroidism was 1.02%. The majority ofthe pregnant lady in their 1st trimester was suffering from hypothyroidism (58.6%) (TSH level 2.8± 3.2 mIU/). Theprevalence of hypothyroidism is more in pregnant ladies whose age more than 30 yrs (63.8 %). Conclusion: In ourstudy we found that more than 58.6% pregnant women in their first trimester were suffering from hypothyroidism.Thyroid disorders are common in pregnancy, and the screening for thyroid dysfunction should be done early inpregnancy.

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