Correlation of Thyroid Gland Functions with Menstrual Patterns amongst Infertile and Fertile Women Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in North-Central Nigeria

Table 5.

Patterns of thyroid dysfunction among infertile and fertile women


Thyroid dysfunction	Infertilen (%)	Fertilen (%)	Totaln (%)	χ²/ t	p-value

Subclinical hypothyroidism	4 (7.5)	1 (1.9)	5 (4.7)	0.800	0.371
Overt (clinical) hypothyroidism	2 (3.8)	0 (0.0)	2 (1.9)	NA
Overt (clinical) hyperthyroidism	2 (3.8)	1 (1.9)	3 (2.8)	0.000	1.000
None	45 (84.9)	51 (96.2)	96 (90.6)	0.260	0.610
Total	53	53	106

χ²: Chi-square; NA: Chi-square not available because of zero ‘0’ value