DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2017.v05i01.013

Pages: 65-68

The aim of our study was to determine the relationship between renal function and subclinical hypothyroidism. A hospital based cross sectional study was conducted on patients attending the Out patient departments of Surgery, Medicine and Gynaec of SGRR Medical College, Dehradun (U.K.) during a period of 8 months form Jan 2016 to Aug 2016. A total No. of 114 cases (28M+86F) and 90 controls (40M and 50F) in the age group 20-60yrs were selected randomly for this study. Exclusion criteria was age less than 20 and more than 60 yrs, history of Chronic Glomerulonephritis, Nephrotic syndrome or advanced CKD, proterinuria or haematuria. All blood samples were collected in fasting state and Serum T3, T4, and TSH along with Blood Urea and Serum Creatinine were estimated on a fully automated machine 5600 of orthodiagnostics. Serum Sodium was determined on Electrolyte analyzer. Blood urea and serum creatinine values were slightly high in Subclinical hypothyroid females as compared to Subclinical hypothyroid males and much higher when compared with normal males. On the contrary, Sr. Sodium levels in Subclinical hypothyroid males and females were found to be lower than normal males and females. Serum Sodium levels were found to be slightly low in females with Subclinical hypothyroidism as compared to subclinical hypothyroid males.