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<Journal>
<Journal-Info>
<name>International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences</name>
<website>ijpbs.net</website>
<email>editorijpbs@rediffmail.com (or) editorofijpbs@yahoo.com (or) prasmol@rediffmail.com</email>
</Journal-Info>
<article>
<article-id pub-id-type='other'>10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12</article-id>
<issue_number>Volume 4 Issue 4</issue_number>
<issue_period>2013 (October - December)</issue_period>
<title>PREVALENCE OF VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM </title>
<abstract>Vitamin D deficiency has been implicated in various diseases including cancer and auto immune diseases. The present study attempts to establish a relation between vitamin D deficiency, thyroid hormones and TSH in subclinical hypothyroidism.100 newly diagnosed patients with subclinical hypothyroidism were divided into three groups according to vitamin D levels. Mean plasma TSH and T lessThan sub greaterThan 3 lessThan /sub greaterThan  values decreased with increasing vitamin D values and T lessThan sub greaterThan 4 lessThan /sub greaterThan  increased with increasing vitamin D tertiles. However , intergroup comparison showed no statistically significant changes .In females, negative correlation between vitamin D and TSH was statistically significant (p=0.014).The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, insufficiency and sufficiency in 100 patients was found to be 38%, 38% and 24%. The study indicates the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in subclinical hypothyroidism, but further studies are needed to determine whether it is a causative factor in the pathogenesis of the disease or a consequence.</abstract>
<authors>SUDHA K, ANUPAMA HEGDE, POORNIMA A MANJREKAR AND RESHMA KUMARCHANDRA</authors>
<keywords>Vitamin D, thyroid hormones, subclinical hypothyroidism</keywords>
<pages>1380-1384</pages>
</article>
</Journal>
