Asociación entre diabetes mellitus tipo 2 e hipotiroidismo en los pacientes del servicio de endocrinología HUEM de junio del 2016 a junio del 2017.

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus and hypothyroidism are the most common and prevalent endocrinopathies that exist today. The joint presentation that has been shown in research in many countries is disturbing. Through this cross-sectional, descriptive study, we seek to determine the association between diabetes mellitus type 2 and hypothyroidism among patients of the endocrinology service of the Erasmus University Hospital, through the review of medical records, in the period between June 2016 and June 2017 in the city of Cúcuta. Results: The prevalence of hypothyroid diabetics observed among the population of type 2 diabetics was 20.7% vs 11.8% within the general population of the service, all of the type of clinical hypothyroidism. There was a predominance of the female sex with 83.7% and there was more in the age group over 61 years, 57.1%. Conclusions: If there is an association between these two pathologies with a P value <0.05. Female sex and age over 61 years were found as risk markers. Lipid profiles were found within normal ranges unlike other studies.