Cáncer de tiroides y diabetes mellitus en pacientes del Hospital General Isidro Ayora de la ciudad de Loja en el periodo 2010 a 2015

Abstract

Background: The purpose of this work is to determine if the development of thyroid cancer is or is not associated with diabetes mellitus. Methods: For this purpose, a quantitative, observational, retrospective, and cross-sectional study was performed, consisting in 40 clinical histories of patients with histopathological diagnosis of thyroid cancer, treated at the Isidro Ayora General Hospital during the period 2010 to 2015. The analysis of the variables was estimated with the Pearson’s square test, with a 95% confidence interval (IC) for the categorical variables of age, sex, place of procedure and types of diabetes. The prevalence of diabetes mellitus among thyroid cancer patients at this health institution was compared with other randomized related studies. Results: For patients with thyroid cancer the median age was 47 years, 80% were woman, 20% were men, the prevalence of diabetes was 57.5%. The association between diabetes and thyroid cancer was statistically insignificant (p=0,913, IC 95% 0,05-3,84). There was also no significant difference for age and sex. Conclusions: This study determines that there is no relationship between diabetes and thyroid cancer.