Anemia types in hypothyroid patients in a Coimbatore tertiary care hospital: A prospective observational study

Abstract

Objective. Hypothyroidism is a syndrome characterized by clinical manifestations associated with thyroid hormone deficiency. The thyroid hormone plays a pivotal role in the hematopoietic system and stimulates precursors of erythropoietin gene expression. Therefore, anemia is a common clinical manifestation in hypothyroid individuals. The goal of this study was to carry out a prospective analysis of the prevalence of anemia, its types, and the etiology behind the differing anemia morphology among hypothyroid patients.

Keywords

• anemia
• hypothyroidism
• iron deficiency
• tsh
• microcyte hypochromic anemia