Estimation of thyroid hormone for diabetes mellitus type 2 patients in Al-Nasserya city

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus type 2 and thyroid disease are common endocrine disorders in the general population. Seventy of Diabetic patients' type 2 and forty two healthy control group , where were taken from Al-Nasserya hospital of Al-Nasserya city, during the period between November /2013 until March/2014. Blood samples were collected to estimate fasting blood sugar enzymatically and TSH,T3 andT4 hormone detected by VIDAS .The aim of this study is to find the effect of hyperglycemia on thyroid hormones. The results showed higher percentage (30.4% and 28.6 % ) at the age group (30-39 and 40-50 years) than other age group . It was also observed that female patients have a higher percentage (51.8%) than male patients (10.7%), while there was a highly significant increased (P<0.01) in the mean concentration of fasting blood sugar and TSH (241.57mg/dl and10.22 µlu/ml) in the patients compared with control (97.6mg/dl and 1.70 µlu/ml) respectively .It was non significant (P>0.01) in the mean concentration of T4 and T3 (84.25 and.41 nmol/l) in patients compared with control (86.28 and.28 nmol/l) .It is concluded that TSH is increases among Type 2 diabetic patients, especially in female gender.