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Abstract
The liver plays an important role in the metabolism of THS, as it is the most important organ in the peripheral conversion of tetraiodothyronine (T4) to triiodothyronine (T3) by type 1 deiodinase (Kharb et al., 2015).
This study aimed to improve the care of the patients with hepatitis C virus related liver diseases.
In this cross-sectional descriptive study the patients who fulfilled the selection criteria were randomly selected and underwent complete history taking and clinical examination and conducted on 200 patients aged between 18-60 years categorized into group of 50 CHC infection without liver cirrhosis patients, 150 CHC infection with liver cirrhosis and this group classified according to the Child-Turcotte-Pugh scoring system into Child A (50 patients), Child B (50 patients), and Child C (50 patients) to assess the relation of serum thyroid hormones abnormalities and the degree of liver disease.
The results of our study reveal that the mean of TSH in non-cirrhotic group was 2.57 while it was 2.81, 5.53 and 10.47 in child A, B and C respectively.
The mean of FT3 in non-cirrhotic group was 2.88 while it was 2.23, 1.42 and 1.01 in child A, B and C respectively.
The mean of FT4 in non-cirrhotic group was 1.25 while it was 1.08,084 and 0.77 in child A.B and C respectively.