Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: June | Volume: 7 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 512-516
Assessment of Liver Function Tests in Primary Hypothyroidism: A Case Control Study
Debkumar Ray1, Basabdatta Samanta2
1Associate Professor, 2Assistant Professor,
Biochemistry Department, Burdwan Medical College and Hospital, Burdwan, West Bengal
Corresponding Author: Basabdatta Samanta
ABSTRACT
Patients with subacute thyroiditis or hyperthyroidism may have abnormalities in liver function tests; and higher prevalence of hypothyroidism is found in patients with liver diseases. With this background, liver function tests, international normalized ratio and TSH were assayed in 136 primary hypothyroid cases and controls. SGOT and SGPT levels were highly significantly increased, and total protein and albumin levels were significantly increased, in cases compared to controls. Hepatic function may be partly impaired in hypothyroidism. The present findings need to be corroborated by further research with larger number of subjects and with more parameters.
Keywords: Liver function tests, primary hypothyroidism
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