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Correlation of Thyroid Gland Functions with Menstrual Patterns amongst Infertile and Fertile Women Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in North-Central Nigeria
World Journal of Clinical Medicine Research
| Vol 3, Issue 1
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