Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Background: Thyroid disorders are highly prevalent, most frequently afflicting aging women. It is crucial to advance the means of diagnosing thyroid diseases, especially overt and subclinical hypothyroidism in elderly people, because thyroid-associated symptoms are very similar to symptoms of the normal aging process. Hence; the present study was undertaken for assessing the thyroid profile in geriatric patients. Materials & methods: A total 100 geriatric subjects of age more than 60 years were enrolled. Cases were drawn from general medicine ward, general outpatient department were enrolled. A detailed clinical history was taken of all the patients regarding symptoms of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism. Patients were examined for goiter, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism. Thyroid Function Test (T3 FT4 TSH) were evaluated. All the results were recorded in Microsoft excel sheet and were analyzed by SPSS software. Results: Mean T3 levels was found to be 1.48 ng/ml while mean T4 and TSH levels was found to be 6.13 µg/dL and 9.36 µIU/ml respectively. 12 percent of the patients had clinical hypothyroidism while 8 percent and 1 percent of the patient had subclinical hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism respectively. Conclusion: Biochemical testing of thyroid function is fundamental to establish a diagnosis of thyroid dysfunction.