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Publication A study on thyroid disorders in suspected cases attending Om Hospital and Research Centre during 1996-1998(Institute of Medicine, 1999) Jha, B; Gurung, CK; Singh, JB; Subedi, RCAbstract Altogether 735 suspected individuals were undertaken for their thyroid function test. For this total T3, T4 and TSH were estimated by ELISA (Serozyme) technique. All the suspected cases attended Om Hospital and Research Centre from 1996 to 1998. In agesex composition, it was observed that the patients who were advised to do thyroid function test were more likely to be female, the ratio being M:F=1:3. Similarly, younger and elderly age group are found less as compared to other age group. The prevalence of hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism and hypothalamic disorders, T3-toxicosis and T4- toxicosis are 9.9/100, 15.1/100, 6.4/100, 8.9/100, and 4/100 respectively. The prevalence of hyperthyroidism is significantly highest followed by hyperthyroidism and T3-toxicosis among the different thyroid disorders. Hypothyroidism is found to be significantly higher in females whereas hyperthyroidism is high in males. Moreover, all types of disorders are found to be significantly different in both the sexes. When these disorders are divided into different age groups, the prevalence of all types of these disorders was not found significantly different among age groups. But the types are significantly different in 15-44 and 45-70 years age groups. Keywords: Total T3 and T4, TSH test, Hypothyroidism, Hyperthyroidism, Hypothalamic disorders, T3- toxicosis and T4-toxicosis