ABSTRACT

This review is made to investigate thyroid hormone level abnormality frequencies in female metabolic syndrome patients who approached an internal medicine polyclinic.

The review was made prospectively in 161 female patients who approached internal medicine polyclinics between July 2009 and March 2010.

While metabolic syndrome patients who had a high level of TSH had a ratio of 13%, the ratio in the control group was determined as 0%. TSH levels in metabolic syndrome patients were 8.96 times higher than in the control group. fT4 levels were lower in 10% of the metabolic syndrome patients; meanwhile, the ratio of the control group was determined as 0%.

TSH levels of metabolic syndrome patients are higher than in normal people. To evaluate thyroid hormone levels in patients who have metabolic syndrome and replacement of the hormones if it is necessary is come into prominence. (JAREM 2014; 4: 102-7)

Keywords: Metabolic syndrome, thyroid hormone dysfunction, insulin resistance