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Horizonte sanitario
On-line version ISSN 2007-7459Print version ISSN 1665-3262
Abstract
LUGO MONTOYA, Sabino Francisco; GARCIA PEREZ, Leonardo Ulises; DOMINGUEZ MORALES, Ever and MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ, Clara Magdalena. Prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism in women with infertility in a tertiary hospital. Horiz. sanitario [online]. 2019, vol.18, n.3, pp.319-324. Epub Jan 17, 2020. ISSN 2007-7459. https://doi.org/10.19136/hs.a18n3.2961.
Objective:
to identify the prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism in women with infertility in the period January-December 2018, in a maternal and child hospital.
Material and methods:
Observational, descriptive, prospective and transversal study, carried out in the Reproduction Biology Service of a maternal and child hospital, from January to December 2018, with 398 women diagnosed with infertility, of which 20 presented subclinical hypothyroidism. With a cutting range Thyroid-stimulating hormone greater than 2.5 μg.
Results:
The average age was 31 years, with a minimum age of 26 and a maximum age of 37 years. The patients presented mostly primary infertility with 80% (f = 16). The remaining 20% (f = 4) were diagnosed with secondary infertility, two of them presenting with recurrent abortions, and two with term pregnancies. Years of infertility patients ranged from 2 to 10 years, with an average of 4.5 years. Thyroid-stimulating hormone values with an average of 7.9
Conclusions:
prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism in women with infertility treated in the Biology Clinic of Human reproduction is 5%.
Keywords : Hypothyroidism; Infertility; Prevalence.