Quirantes MAJ, Mesa RBM, Quirantes HAJ

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: subclinical hypothyroidism is associated to the increase of body weight and obesity. The behavior of this illness in adult women, who are seen by a doctor due to excessive body weight, is unknown.
Objective: to determine the frequency of subclinical hypothyroidism and its relationship with excessive body weight in adult women under medical control.
Methods: descriptive and cross-sectional study of 45 patients who met the inclusion criteria and were attended to at the endocrinology service of “Dr. Salvador Allende” hospital from April to December 2013. The variables were age, weight, size, body mass index, waist circumference, thyroid-stimulating hormone, T4 and free T3 thyroid hormones. Median and maximum and minimum values of variables were determined as well as the association of variables (Pearson's correlation coefficient).
Results: median was 39 years of age, body mass index of 34.6 kg/m², waist circumference equal to 106 cm, thyroid-stimulating hormone of 1.6 mUI/L, T4= 90 nmol/L and free T3= 3.4 pmol/L; the subclinical hypothyroidism was 11.1%. There was positive correlation of thyroid-stimulating hormone values with the body mass index and the waist circumference (r = 0.378 and r = 0.236, respectively).
Conclusions: subclinical hypothyroidism was considered high in adult women with body weight excess and the increase of thyroid-stimulating hormone is associated to a rise of body mass index and of waist circumference values in the studied sample.

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