This study was carried out to determine the thyroid hormone status among obese women
attending in the endocrine outpatient department in a tertiary level hospital. From Sir
Salimullah Medical College & Hospital, Mitford, Dhaka 800 women with obesity were
chosen whose ages were between 20 and 78 years. In this study the weight, height, body
mass index (BMI) and thyroid status (TSH and FT4 levels) were observed. Here all the
women were obese according their BMI (> 30 kg/m2). Out of these 800 women, 37%(300 …

This work was proposed to determine the status of thyroid hormone among obese women
attending in the endocrine outpatient department in a tertiary level hospital. The study was
performedon 800 obese women patients aged between 20-78years. Weight, height, Body
mass index (BMI) and thyroid status reports that showed patient's TSH and FT4 levels were
collected from Sir Solimullah Medical College & Hospital, Mitford, Dhaka from 2015-2016. In
this study, the highest proportion of obese women patients was found 35% and weight …