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Ethics code: IR.NKUMS.REC.1396.50


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1- Department of Endocrinology, Imam Hassan Hospital, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran
2- Student of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran
3- MSc Student of Nursing Emergency, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
4- MSc of Epidemiology, Addiction and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran , se.hatami@nkums.ac.ir
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Introduction: Vitamin D is a hormone prophylactic which has the role of immunological modulatorin auto immune disease such as multiple sclerosis. Furthermore, due to the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in north Khorasan province and important role Vitamin D deficiency as risk factor in many disease including type 1 diabetes and MS disease, This study was done to evaluate serum level Vitamin D in the patients with thyroid dysfunction referring to Bojnurd Imam Reza hospital(north east of Iran) in 2016.
Methods: In a descriptive cross-sectional study, from 308 person with thyroid dysfunction referring to Imam Reza hospital in Bojnurd city, 221 of them were studied. The serum level of Vitamin D and TSH and T4 and T3 were evaluated the results were analyzed using descriptive statistics and P< 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Results: The average Vitamin D of patient in this study was 20.49 ± 12.05. Out of 221 patients studied, 14.7% were males and 85.3% were females. Frequency of Thyroid dysfunction was higher in females. The prevalence of Hypovitaminose D in Hyperthyroid was 37%and Hypothyroid was 51.5% and other Thyroid Disease was11.5%.
Conclusions: According to results this study, the serum level vitamin D in various thyroid diseases was lower than normal level which defined about 30 Ng/ml. Hence more Diagnostic tests and therapeutic planning are needed to confirm these findings.
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Type of Study: Orginal Research | Subject: Basic Sciences
Received: 2018/05/29 | Accepted: 2019/01/30 | Published: 2019/03/17

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