Research Article

Thyroid Dysfunction in Non-Interferon Treated Hepatitis C Patients Residing in Hepatitis Endemic Area

Table 2

Distribution TD in male and female HCV infected patients.

TDTotal
()
Female
()
Male
()
value

Hypothyroidism40 (9.0%)30 (8.8%)10 (9.5%)0.972
 Overt19 (4.3%)13 (3.8%)06 (5.7%)0.710
 Subclinical21 (4.7%)17 (5.0%)04 (3.8%)0.893
Hyperthyroidism28 (6.3%)25 (7.3%)03 (2.9%)0.254
 Overt16 (3.6%)14 (4.1%)02 (1.9%)0.559
 Subclinical12 (12.7%)11 (3.2%)01 (0.9%)0.460

Overall TD68 (15.2%)55 (16.1%)13 (12.4%)0.648