Incidence of hypothyroidism in Iraqipatients;cross-sectional study

Abstract

This investigation was done for study the Incidence of hypothyroidism in Iraqi patients. In a cross-sectional study conducted in Baghdad between 2021 and 2023, 175 patients with suspected hypothyroidism were taken and asked about their signs, such as weight gain, intolerance to cold, loss of appetite, constipation, irregular menstrual cycles, slow heart rate, as well as the presence or absence of a goiter, among other things. neckultrasound was performed, and blood T3, T4, and TSH levels were measured by using kits from Linear company. The data demonstrated that the total incidence of hypothyroidism case was 9.7%, from these 8% were subclinical and 1.7% clinical, furthermore the findings demonstrated that hypothyroidism incidence was high in females (10.1%) than male (7.4%). The current results showed that hypothyroidism was occurred significantly at age more than 50 years. In conclusion, the incidence of hypothyroidism was detectable at tangible percentage, this disease was occurred mostly in female at age more than 50 years.