Prevalence of Subclinical Hypothyroidism and Its Related Factors in Children with Developmental Disorders in The Western Parts of Iran.

Hypothyroidism is a condition in which the body experiences subnormal production of thyroid hormone that leads to reduction of body functions including developmental disorders in children. Therefore, current research aims to determine prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism in children afflicted with developmental disorders referring to Besat treatment and medical educationclinicinSanandaj in 2015. This is an applied study conducted using a cross-sectional descriptive method on 188 children with developmental disorder who had referred to Besat medical education clinic in Sanandaj in 2015. The collected data were inserted into SPSS software, version 20, and standard deviation and mean were used to describe the data. Out of 188 children referring to the clinic, 13.3% were suffering from subclinical hypothyroidism, most of whom were 2-10 years-old and male (15.6%). Higher prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism was seen in those children with weight and height percentiles less than 5%. Age and gender are significant factors in prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism and lack of sufficient development of weight and height correlates with a higher prevalence of this disorder.