Prevalencia de hipotiroidismo primario y factores asociados en adultos mayores de las parroquias urbanas de la ciudad de Cuenca. 2015

Abstract

Background: Hypothyroidism is a disease that increase its prevalence with age and has relation with metabolic complications that we can avoid with an early diagnosis and treatment.

Objectives: To find the prevalence of primary hypothiroidism in elderly patients that live in the urban zone of Cuenca in 2015. To meet the relation of this disease with sociodemographic and clinic variables.

Materials and methods: A cross sectional study that enroled 387 patients with 65 and over years old that live in the urban zone of Cuenca in 2015. Sample: 387 people (22015 universe according to the census of 2010). We have used the statistical software SPSS with its 22 version, we calculate the prevalence of hypothyroidism and its associated factors (age, sex, BMI, HBP, low HDL, high LDL, hypertrigliceridemia, metbolic síndrome) using prevalence ratio with confidence interval 95% Chi scuare and p (< 0,05).

Results: The prevalence of primary hypothyroidism in elderly people was 32,8%. We find statistical association with sex, HBP and low HDL. The hypothyroid group has a higher prevalence (RP 1,6) of Hypertension than the euthyroid group.

Conclusions: The prevalence of primary hypothyroidism in elderly people of the urban zone of Cuenca is high, and is higher than the reports ion other studies The early diagnosis and treatment can to prevent cardiometabolic complications given its positive association with the mentioned variables