Investigation of Thyroid Hormone Status among Obese Women Attending of the Endocrine Outpatient Department in a Tertiary Level Hospital

Abstract

This work was proposed to determine the status of thyroid hormone among obese women attending in the endocrine outpatient department in a tertiary level hospital. The study was performedon 800 obese women patients aged between 20-78years. Weight, height, Body mass index(BMI) and thyroid status reports that showed patient’s TSH and FT4 levels were collected from Sir Solimullah Medical College & Hospital, Mitford, Dhaka from 2015-2016.In this study, the highest proportion of obese women patients was found 35% and weight ranges from 70-84kg. The lowest proportion of obese women patients was found 2%between58-67kg weights. According to BMI-wise allocation of obese women patients, the highest percentages was 62% where BMI ranges from 41- 50kg/m². In this BMI ranges, hyperthyroidism patients were found larger than hypothyroidism patients. Some patient’s BMI were high from normal level of BMI but they had no thyroid disorder. Some Patients were found in this study who was suffering from subclinical hypothyroidism. Among 800 obese women patients, the number of hypothyroid women patients was300 that arelarger than 200 patients who were suffering from hyperthyroid problem. In this work, number of population was not large. This study exposes that most of the obese women suffered from thyroid problem whether it is hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism. However further study with larger population is required to consolidate this result.