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<journal-meta>
<journal-id journal-id-type='publisher'>IJRAP</journal-id>
<journal-title>International Journal of Research in Ayurveda and Pharmacy</journal-title>
<issn pub-type='ppub'>2277-4343</issn>
 <publisher>
<publisher-name>Moksha Publishing House </publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type='other'>10.7897/2277-4343.140386</article-id>
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<article-title>A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY ON THE FREQUENCY OF KURAIVEETHANA NOI (SUBCLINICAL AND CLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM) AMONG CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE PATIENTS
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<contrib contrib-type='author'>
<name>PJ Kowsika Shree *</name>
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<contrib contrib-type='author'>
<name> H Vetha Merlin Kumari</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type='author'>
<name> H Nalinisofia</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type='author'>
<name> T Lakshmikantham</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type='author'>
<name> R Meena Kumari</name>
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<pub-date>
<month>11</month>
<year>-0001</year>
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<fpage>76</fpage>
<lpage>79</lpage>
<abstract><title>Abstract</title>
Background: Thyroid hormones have a major role in renal development and physiology. It has been shown that in chronic kidney disease (CKD), as the Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) falls, there is a higher possibility of developing clinical and subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH). With falling GFR, several abnormalities are growing in the thyroid gland at both structural and functional levels. Objective: To estimate the frequency of kuraiveethana noi (subclinical and clinical hypothyroidism) among CKD patients through lab investigation (Thyroid Function Test). Materials and Methods: It is a cross-sectional study carried out on 50 CKD patients reporting at the National Institute of Siddha using a non-random sampling method. After obtaining informed consent, Blood samples were collected from each patient to document their Thyroid profile. Results: Based on their report of thyroid profile, 19 patients had subclinical hypothyroidism, and 6 patients had clinical hypothyroidism. Conclusion: The study concludes that the frequency of subclinical and clinical hypothyroidism is found to be 38% (19 patients) and 12% (6 patients), respectively, among 50 chronic kidney disease patients who visited OPD of Ayothidoss Pandithar Hospital, National Institute of Siddha, Tambaram sanatorium.
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<title>Keywords</title>
<kwd>subclinical hypothyroidism</kwd>
<kwd> clinical hypothyroidism</kwd>
<kwd> chronic kidney disease</kwd>
<kwd> kuraiveethana noi</kwd>
<kwd> cross-sectional study.</kwd>
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