Thyroid Dysfunction and Associated Risk Factors among Nepalese Diabetes Mellitus Patients
Table 2
Biochemical parameters in the study population.
Variables
All patients ()
Diabetic patients with thyroid dysfunction ()
Diabetic patients without thyroid dysfunction ()
value
Hypothyroidism ()
Subclinical hyperthyroidism ()
Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL)
176.48 ± 57.53
174.13 ± 51.99
165.59 ± 53.25
178.35 ± 60.42
0.574
HbA1c %
7.21 ± 1.88
7.5 ± 2.13
6.73 ± 1.18
7.1 ± 1.77
0.076
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)
190.31 ± 53.08
191.05 ± 54.14
198.58 ± 46.13
189.41 ± 53.08
0.774
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)
40.27 ± 3.6
40.72 ± 3.73
40.29 ± 3.01
40.05 ± 3.56
0.209
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)
111.48 ± 44.9
112.09 ± 45.22
115.1 ± 45.21
110.95 ± 44.88
0.917
Triglycerides (mg/dL)
181.24 ± 103.61
178.72 ± 111.22
198.18 ± 99.52
181.42 ± 100.14
0.766
Free T3 (pmol/L)
5.03 ± 1.3
4.65 ± 1.21
5.63 ± 1.07
5.19 ± 1.31
<0.001
Free T4 (pmol/L)
11.78 ± 3.52
10.45 ± 2.54
13.75 ± 3.48
12.31 ± 3.75
<0.001
TSH (mIU/L)
4.62 ± 4.23
9.45 ± 4.31
0.18 ± 0.041
2.48 ± 1.12
<0.001
The data is presented 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.
