The Department of Endocrinology, 
Weight gain and Thyroid in women: The coexisting confounders.
- Department of Internal Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore (TN)-632004, India.
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore(TN) -632004, India.
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore (TN) -632004, India, and Non Communicable Disease Unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- Department of Endocrinology, Bharti Hospital, Karnal, India.
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association Vol. 72 · Issue 9 · pp. 1871-1873
PMID 36280997
Cite This Article
Vineeth Thomas, Sindhusree Rallapalli, Nitin Kapoor, Sanjay Kalra. Weight gain and Thyroid in women: The coexisting confounders. JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. 2022;72(9):1871-1873.
Abstract
Hypothyroidism and obesity are common coexisting illnesses which have an impact on each other. Data from India suggests that about a third of individuals with obesity have overt hypothyroidism and about one-tenth have subclinical hypothyroidism. Multiple mechanisms have described how both thyroid and obesity could have a significant impact on each other. A moderately elevated TSH, elevated T3 and a lower T4 is classically described thyroid dysfunction in patients with obesity. This article will detail the epidemiology, pathogenesis and the clinical implications of weight gain and thyroid dysfunction with a special focus on women.
Keywords
- Obesity
- Hypothyroidism
- Weight gain
- Subclinical hypothyroidism
