Prevalence of hypothyroidism in adolescent school girls aged 13-18 years in Kolkata.

Ravi Kant Saraogi; Shweta Saraogi; Soumik Goswami

Volume : VIII, Issue : IV, April - 2019

Prevalence of hypothyroidism in adolescent school girls aged 13-18 years in Kolkata.

Ravi Kant Saraogi, Shweta Saraogi, Soumik Goswami

Abstract :

Objective: There is a paucity of data on the prevalence of hypothyroidism in the Indian pediatric population. The present pilot study attempts to estimate the prevalence of hypothyroidism in adolescent school girls aged 13-18 years in Kolkata. Methods: 150 participants were screened for hypothyroidism with serum Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and clinically examined for the presence of goitre. Results: Prevalence of hypothyroidism was 7.33% (11/150), of newly diagnosed hypothyroidism was 6.66% (10/150) and only 9% (1/11) of those with hypothyroidism had been previously diagnosed. Prevalence of goitre was 4% (6/150) overall and in those with raised TSH 45.45% (5/11patients). Family history of hypothyroidism was present in 9% (1/11) of girls with hypothyroidism and 10.07% (14/139) of euthyroid girls. Conclusion: The prevalence of hypothyroidism is high, affecting approximately 1 in 14 adolescent school girls aged 13-18 years in Kolkata and more than ninety percent were previously undetected.