European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

A STUDY OF HBA1C LEVELS IN SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM, NON DIABETICS POPULATION

Olaoluwa Lediju*, Oluseyi Abidoye, Zarfishan Zahid, Bharat Muppala, Rammy Korkor, Milisha Lal, Vrushali Dhongade and Rono Korra

ABSTRACT

Background: To study the co-relation between the levels of HbA1c in subclinical hypothyroidism patients. Methods: In this study, we took 64 subclinical hypothyroid patients and 64 euthyroid participants. All the participants were non-diabetics. Detailed history, physical examination was taken from the participants. TSH and HbA1c levels of all the participants were measured. To rule out diabetes from the participants, FBS, PP2BS were done in all the participants. All the participants had normal sugar levels and were declared as non-diabetics. Participants with border line sugar and pre-diabetic status were removed from the study. TSH and HbA1c levels of all the participants were recorded and analyzed. All results were studied statistically. Results: In our study, we found that HbA1c levels were higher in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism when compared to euthyroid participants. HbA1 levels in euthyroid population were 5.4±1.7 and in subclinical hypothyroidism participants were 6.5±1.5. The p value was 0.021 (<0.05). Hence the difference between the two groups is significant. Conclusion: HbA1c levels are elevated in subclinical hypothyroid patients.

Keywords: To study the euthyroid participants.