Association of thyroid disorders with diabetes: A cross-sectional study

MUBASHIR ZAFAR (College of Public Health, Imam Abdul Rehman bin Faisal University. Dammam 34212, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
SYED MONWAR ALAM SHAHID (Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Hail. Hail 55476, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
REEM FALAH ALSHAMMARI (Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Hail. Hail 55476, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
MOHD ADNAN KAUSAR (Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Hail. Hail 55476, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.)
TARIG A. N. GINAWI (Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Hail. Hail 55476, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.)
ABDUL WAHAB HATIM (Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Hail. Hail 55476, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.)
ABDUL MAJEED WADI (Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Hail. Hail 55476, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.)
HAMAD ALI (Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Hail. Hail 55476, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
ABDUL AZIZ HAMED (Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Hail. Hail 55476, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
MOATH SALEH AL-ZAHRANI (Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Hail. Hail 55476, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
ALI HUSSAIN (Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Hail. Hail 55476, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
ABDULAZIZ SAUD ALDUHAIM (Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Hail. Hail 55476, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
ABDULMAJEED MOHAMMED (Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Hail. Hail 55476, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.)

Nusantara Bioscience
Vol. 14 No. 2 (2022)

Abstract. Zafar M, Shahid SMA, Alshammari RF, Kausar MA, Ginawi TAN, Hatim AW, Wadi AM, Ali H, Hamed AA, Al-Zahrani MS, Hussain A, Alduhaim AS, Mohammed A. 2022. Association of thyroid disorders with diabetes: A cross-sectional study. Nusantara Bioscience 14: 135-140. Two common endocrine disorders that correlate with each other are diabetes mellitus (DM) and thyroid dysfunction (TD). Undiagnosed thyroid disorders (TD) have a high risk for diabetes mellitus (DM) patients. A common complication among these patients is cardiovascular disease. This study aims to assess the association of TD among diabetes patients. It is a cross-sectional study, and 338 patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) were observed through a simple random sampling method from a public sector hospital. The diabetes status of patients was confirmed through clinical and laboratory investigation. Those patients who were under treatment of thyroid were excluded from the study. The chi-square test was used for analysis, and a p-value <0.05 was considered significant. The frequency of TD among diabetic patients was 47.6%. The main type of TD was subclinical hypothyroidism, and its prevalence is 43.8% and 23.5% among patients with T1DM and T2DM, respectively. Subclinical hyperthyroidism prevalences are 12.3% and 24.4% among TIDM and T2DM patients, respectively. The study found a high-frequency rate of TD among DM patients. Therefore, there is a need for regular screening of DM patients for TD and increased awareness regarding TD among DM patients.