Prevalencia de hipotiroidismo en mujeres de 40–60 años de edad que acuden al Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga – IESS, durante el año 2018

Abstract

Hypothyroidism is characterized by an increase in the production of Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH) and thyroid hormone levels (T3 and T4) normal or diminished, depending on the type of hypothyroidism present, either clinical or subclinical, respectively. Several risk factors that are involved in the development of this thyroid hypofunction are very common in the population. GENERAL OBJECTIVE: Determine the prevalence of hypothyroidism in female patients between the ages of 40-60 years old who attended the José Carrasco Arteaga Hospital during 2018. METHODOLOGY: A descriptive retrospective study was carried out on 278 women between the ages of 40 and 60 years old who had a thyroid exam at the José Carrasco Arteaga Hospital, “IESS”, attaching a confidentiality agreement that ensured that the data obtained from the medical records were managed with ethics and professionalism. RESULTS: 278 patients were analyzed, determining that the prevalence of hypothyroidism in the population studied were 16.2%, being more frequent in women of the age group of 55 to 60 years old with 34.54%, residence in the urban sector was greater with a 64.44%, being also frequent in overweight women with 53.33% and with least representation, pregnant women with 2.30% CONCLUSIONS: The most frequent age group was 55 to 60 years old, remaining mostly to the urban sector. Hypothyroidism is present in a greater proportion in overweight women, of the total of women who present hypothyroidism, a minimum percentage were in women during pregnancy