Thyroid Dysfunction and Associated Risk Factors among Nepalese Diabetes Mellitus Patients
Table 1
General characteristics of the study population.
Variables
All patients ()
Diabetic patients with thyroid dysfunction ()
Diabetic patients without thyroid dysfunction ()
value
Hypothyroidism ()
Subclinical hyperthyroidism ()
Gender
Male
53.22% ()
14.08% ()
1.9% ()
37.23% ()
0.024
Female
46.77% ()
17.89% ()
2.14% ()
26.73% ()
Age (years)
51.27 ± 15.33
48.72 ± 17.58
54.47 ± 12.3
52.35 ± 14.14
0.055
Diabetes type
Type 1 DM
4.3% ()
2.14% ()
—
2.14% )
0.197
Type 2 DM
95.7% ()
29.83% ()
4.05% ()
61.81% ()
Diabetes duration (years)
3.77 ± 2.63
4.04 ± 3.1
3.77 ± 2.97
3.64 ± 2.33
0.354
Hypertension
17.9% ()
7.87% ()
0.71% ()
9.3% ()
0.046
Smoking habit
19.3% ()
12.17% ()
0.71% ()
6.44% ()
<0.001
Alcoholism
31.5% ()
10.5% ()
0.95% ()
20.04% ()
0.736
Family history of diabetes mellitus
32.9% ()
10.73% ()
2.14% ()
20.04% ()
0.181
Family history of thyroid disease
20.8% ()
12.88% ()
0.71% ()
7.15% ()
<0.001
BMI (Kg/m2)
25.16 ± 2.82
24.98 ± 2.67
25.5 ± 2.62
25.23 ± 2.9
0.623
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
120.85 ± 6.9
121.37 ± 7.12
119.94 ± 6.3
120.65 ± 6.82
0.523
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)
80.96 ± 5.96
81.43 ± 6.19
80.24 ± 5.1
80.78 ± 5.9
0.52
The data is presented as percentage (number) and as mean ± SD. value was calculated among diabetic subjects with hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism and without thyroid dysfunction at 95% confidence interval. Hypothyroidism group included both subclinical and overt hypothyroids.
