Comparison of FT3, FT4 and TSH Level in Non-pregnant Women in Uttarakhand India

Vishal Kumar Deshwal; Abhay Yadav; Gogoi JB

Comparison of FT3, FT4 and TSH Level in Non-pregnant Women in Uttarakhand India

Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences,2013,3,4,887-890.

Published:November 2013

Type:Research Articles

Authors:

Author(s) affiliations:

Vishal Kumar Deshwal^1,*, Abhay Yadav², JB Gogoi³

¹Department of Microbiology, Doon (P.G.) Paramedical College, Dehradun, India.

²Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Doon (P.G.) Paramedical College, Dehradun, India.

³Department of Biochemistry, Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Government Institute Of Medical Science and Research, Srinagar, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India.

Abstract:

This study was carried out to investigate thyroid hormone TSH (Thyroid-stimulating Hormone), Free T₃ (FT₃) and Free T₄ (FT₄) status in non-pregnant women in Uttarakhand (India). Only 100 healthy pregnant women were selected for the present study. TSH, Free T₃ (FT₃) and Free T₄ (FT₄) were quantitatively analysed. FT₃, FT₄ and TSH in Euthyroid showed 6.19 ± 1.14 (pmol/L), 18.42 ± 4.50 (pmol/L), 2.02 ± 0.64 (mIU/L) respectively. Our study showed that 72, 6, 5, 2, 1, 10, 4 women were characterized into Euthyroid, Primary hypothyroid, Primary hyperthyroid, Secondary hypothyroid, Secondary hyperthyroid, Sub clinical hypothyroid and Sub clinical hyperthyroid respectively. Our study concluded that major non-pregnant women were healthy but 28% female were suffering from thyroid disease. Reference ranges of FT₃, FT₄ and TSH have been established for non-pregnant women of Uttarakhand by using 5^th and 95^th percentiles.