Objectives and methods: The present study is a cross-sectional study of 250 women with abnormal uterine bleeding in the reproductive age group undertaken in Srinivasan Medical college Hospital and Research centre over a period of 12 months. It was done to ascertain the possibility of a correlation between subclinical thyroid dysfunction and AUB.
Results and conclusion: The incidence of thyroid dysfunction in the reproductive age group is 1-2%. It is 10 times more common in women than in men. The incidence of thyroid dysfunction in a population with AUB is 20.4% according to our study and hence selective screening of this population would result in a higher yield. The study showed a significant correlation (p= 0.019, significant) between increasing age and thyroid dysfunction. TSH is a good screening test with a sensitivity of 72% and specificity of 100%. The positive and negative predictive values were 100% and 91% respectively.
