Hipotiroidismo y alteraciones gástricas en pacientes de consulta externa del Hospital General Isidro Ayora Loja periodo enero-diciembre 2017

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Abstract:A quantitative, observational, retrospective and cross-sectional study was conducted with the objective of identifying if there is a relationship between hypothyroidism and the development of gastric alterations in patients of the General Hospital Isidro Ayora Loja during the period January - December 2017. The histories were reviewed clinics corresponding to patients in the outpatient area who underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Subsequently, the data were tabulated and analyzed obtaining the following results: final study population of 304 patients with a prevalence of hypothyroidism of 21%. The female gender is the most affected, representing 89% of the total population, and predominates in the IV age group (range: 46 to 65 years). Endoscopically, both hypothyroid and hypothyroid, there was a predominance of chronic gastritis with 82 and 23 cases respectively. Histopathologically, for the study population, mild chronic gastritis is the most frequent lesion followed by atrophic. Finally, using the chi-square test with a confidence interval of 95% and a p-value of 0.048, the hypothyroidism-gastric alterations relationship was demonstrated, specifically with the atrophic type lesion.