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Abstract
Background: high prevalence of thyroid disorders is more common in t1 compared to t2 diabetes mellitus due to the associated autoimmunity, with hypothyroidism being the most common disorder.objectives: the aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction among t2 diabetic egyptian females and to find the correlation between the metabolic syndrome components and autoimmune thyroid dysfunction. Methods: the study included 81 t2 diabetic egyptian female subjects and 40 sex matched controls. Patients were divided in two age groups ({u2264} or > 40 years). All patients in the study were subjected to anthropometric measures, hba1c, lipid profile, serum uric acid, tsh, ft3, ft4, anti tpo, anti tg and thyroid ultrasound