Affiliation:
1. Senior Demonstrator and Ph.D. Students in Department of Biochemistry, Dr. S. N. Medical College, Jodhpur
2. Senior Professor in Department of Biochemistry, Dr. S. N. Medical College, Jodhpur.
Abstract
Hepcidin has emerged as the central regulatory molecule of systemic iron homeostasis and the iron metabolism is very intricately connected to
thyroid hormone metabolism. Therefore, this study was planned to estimate the level of serum hepcidin in hypothyroid postmenopausal and
healthy postmenopausal females. In this study, 150 postmenopausal females without hypothyroidism and 150 cases of hypothyroidism were
evaluated. They were compared for serum hepcidin level. Postmenopausal females with hypothyroidism showed a highly signicant (p<0.0001)
relationship in serum hepcidin level when results were compared with healthy postmenopausal females without hypothyroidism
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