ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care
Prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in a tertiary care center in North India.
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- Prevalence and clinical characterisation of thyroid dysfunction in COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
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- Exploring the determinants of thyroid disorders in high-altitude western Himalaya: a geospatial and epidemiological study.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Are patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at a greater risk for the development of autoimmune thyroiditis as an adverse event of immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer treatment?Pathology oncology research : POR · 2025Observational
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- Gender-specific disease trajectories prior to the onset of COPD allow individualized screening and early intervention.PloS one · 2023Article
- Thyroid Gland Disease as a Comorbid Condition in COPD.Pulmonary medicine · 2021Article
- Association Between Thyroid Function and Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseArticle
- Nontubercular bacterial and fungal infections in patients of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Annals of African medicineObservational
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Abstract
introductionThyroid dysfunction can cause inspiratory and expiratory muscle weakness in patients with or without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Thyroid dysfunction in COPD results in increased frequency of exacerbation thus lead to poor quality of life. It may further increase cardiovascular disease risk thereby increasing mortality. AIMS AND
objectivesThis study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction and hence that the quality of life of COPD can be improved. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis is a cross-sectional - prevalence study. The study was conducted over a period of 1 year from August 2015 to July 2016. The study group was consists of male and female COPD patients diagnosed with spirometry and severity was determined according to the global initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease classification criteria. The patients were enrolled in this study from medicine outpatient department (OPD), respiratory OPD and those admitted to indoor wards of Medicine Department. Patients were screened for thyroid dysfunction.
resultsOut of 171 patients, thyroid dysfunction was present in 43 patients. All of them were hypothyroid. The prevalence of thyroid dysfunction was 25%. In Stage A it was 20.5%, Stage B 25.7%, Stage C 23.4%, and in Stage D 30.4%. Thyroid dysfunction was associated with more frequent exacerbation.
conclusionThyroid dysfunction is a common extrapulmonary manifestation in COPD patients. It is associated with frequent exacerbations which affect the quality of life in these patients. Early detection and proper management can improve the quality of life in these patients.
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