Background:

There is a clear relationship between thyroid dysfunction and chronic kidney disease (CKD), which is evidenced by the increase in the prevalence of primary hypothyroidism when the glomerular filtration rate decreases.

Objectives:

Characterize adult patients with thyroid dysfunction and chronic kidney disease on dialysis therapy.

Methods:

An observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out that characterized and collected laboratory reports of patients >18 years of age with CKD in dialysis therapy of a renal unit of the city of Cartagena/Bolívar with TSH control in 2016.

Results:

350 patients with TSH registry were included, with a median age of 59 years and 49.1% were women. The main cause and comorbidity of CKD was hypertension in 36.3% and hyperpatioidism in 56% respectively. In relation to thyroid dysfunction, 25.4% of the population had TSH levels> 4.5 uIU/mL, of which 5.7% had TSH levels> 10 uIU/mL (hypothyroidism).

Conclusions:

The prevalence of thyroid dysfunction was higher than in the general population, however additional studies with measurement of FT4 are necessary to achieve an adequate categorization.

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