ArticleJournal of diabetes research2018
The Effect of Thyroid Dysfunction on the Cardiovascular Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients in Ghana.
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- Pooled it
- Prevalence and associated factors of overweight and obesity among persons with type 2 diabetes in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Association between thyroid function and 10-year cardiovascular disease risk of patients with diabetes: a cross-sectional study using KNHANES 2013-2014.Journal of Yeungnam medical science · 2026Article
- Review
- Prevalence of dyslipidemia among persons with type 2 diabetes in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Article
- PROGNOSTIC VALUES OF LIPID PANEL DATA FOR MACROVASCULAR COMPLICATION DEVELOPMENT IN TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS WITH COMORBID THYROID DYSFUNCTION.Acta clinica Croatica · 2024Article
- Risk of Diabetes in Patients with Long-Standing Graves' Disease: A Longitudinal Study.Endocrinology and metabolism (Seoul, Korea) · 2021Article
- The prevalence and incidence of thyroid dysfunction in patients with diabetes - a longitudinal follow-up study.Irish journal of medical science · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThyroid dysfunction is known to exaggerate the coronary heart disease (CHD) risk associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) among whites. The effect is yet to be studied among African populations.
methodsThis is a cross-sectional study involving 780 T2DM patients enrolled in a diabetes clinic in Kumasi, Ghana. CHD risk was estimated using the Framingham and UKPDS risk scores. Risks were categorised as low (<10%), intermediate (10-19%), and high (≥20%). Associations between metabolic risk factors, thyroid dysfunction, and CHD risk were measured using Spearman's partial correlation analysis while controlling for age and gender. Differences were considered statistically significant at
results780 T2DM patients (57.7% females), mean ± SD age of 57.4 ± 9.4 was analysed. The median (IQR) 10-year CHD score estimated using the Framingham and UKPDS risk engines for males and females was 12 (8-20), 9.4 (5.7-13.4),
conclusionThe presence of thyroid dysfunction significantly increased the CHD risk associated with T2DM patients in Ghana.
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