Prevalencia del hipotiroidismo subclínico en el adulto mayor en la consulta externa del área de endocrinología del Hospital General Monte Sinaí desde enero del 2022 a noviembre del 2023. Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Abstract

Introduction: Subclinical hypothyroidism is a pathology that is determined by the presence of elevated serum levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone or thyrotropin (TSH), accompanied by normal values of free T4 (FT4) and free T3 (FT3). Methodology: This is an observational, descriptive, cross-sectional, retrospective recovery study. Results: The prevalence found of patients with a diagnosis of subclinical hypothyroidism in those treated in the outpatient clinic of the General Hospital of Mount Sinaí is 67.3%. Conclusions: In older adults attended by the Endocrinology outpatient clinic of a second level hospital, subclinical hypothyroidism was the endocrinological disease with the highest prevalence of approximately 67.3%.