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PREVALENCE OF THYROID DYSFUNCTION IN THE PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS AND ITS RISK FACTORS IN THE POPULATION OF HAIL REGION, SAUDI ARABIA: A CROSSSECTIONAL STUDY

S.M.A. Shahid*, Tarig A.N. Ginawi, AbduL Wahab Hatim M. Alshammari, Alshammari Hamad Ali H., Ali Hussain I. Alzuwayyid, Abdulaziz Hamid Alazmi, Abdulmajeed Wadi Majed Alshammiri, Abdulaziz Saud Alduhaim, Abdulmajeed Mohammed Alshammari and Moath Saleh Alzahrani

Abstract

Background: Thyroid dysfunction and diabetes mellitus (DM) are the two most common endocrine disorders. Data on the prevalence of DM vary according to the definition of the disease in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The risk factors of this disease are so high that it became one of the major broblem among middle-aged individuals. The aim of this study was investigating the degree of awareness about risk factors for Thyroid dysfunction and diabetes mellitus among the Hail region population. Methods: The study was carried out at the Hail region, Saudi Arabia, from April 2020 to May 2020. Data collected from five hundred and thirty-seven participants participated through an online survey. The process of selection of participants was through volunteer testing and an online review poll that was disseminated to them to complete. No limitations on age or sex were applied to the surveys. Results: The results of this study show that, out of the 294 patients, 59.5 % with DM1 and 40.5 % with DM2. Clinical and demographic data of the studied population are presented. The prevalence of thyroid dysfunction (ThD) patients among the studied diabetic patients was 59.2 % (Figure. 1). The results of ThD patients, were shown in the data is as follow: 82 % with DM1 and 25.2% with DM2 patients. The percentages of family history of ThD was 32% in DM1 and 25.2% in DM2 patients. Also, there was a noticeable upward proportional relationship between thyroid dysfunction and the duration of diabetes. Conclusion: The study revealed that the family history of thyroid dysfunction, diabetes mellitus (DM) and family history of hypertension have the poorest degrees of awareness of the risk factors for thyroid and diabetes among the studied population.

Keywords: Thyroid dysfunction, diabetes mellitus (DM), risk factors, awareness, Hail region.