Assessment of hypothyroidism among adult patients suffering from beta thalassemia major

Background: Although beta thalassemia major (BTM) patients are properly treated with blood transfusions in accompany iron chelation therapy, they suffer from serious complications such as hypothyroidism. Aim: This work aims to assess hypothyroidism among adult β-thalassemia and find out its association various parameters age, body mass index (BMI) ,gender ,hemoglobin(Hb) serum ferritin levels. Methods: cross-sectional study included 200 BTM (males 115 females 85 ; mean age 24.684 ±5.30761 years; ranging 18 43 years old). Statistical data analysis was performed using IBM-SPSS software package version 26.0. Results: The overall frequency of 9.5%.The maximum 3.5% within the group (27-