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Introduction: Type 2 diabetes mellitus and thyroid disordersare the most common endocrine disorders and growingproblem in our country. We have observed that many diabetesmellitus patients are associated with thyroid dysfunction.However, the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in thesepatients has not been investigated. We conducted this study tostudy the proportion of Thyroid dysfunction in patients withtype 2 Diabetes.Materials and methods: The current study was a prospective,cross-sectional study. All the type-2 Diabetic patients andnormal subjects with no diabetes attended to the outpatientclinic and admitted in the General Medicine departmentat Kasturba hospital, Manipal was considered as the studypopulation. After obtaining informed written consent, astructured questionnaire was used to analyse the patient’s chiefcomplaints, General and local examination was performedby measuring BMI, waist circumference. Lab investigationswere recorded. Analysis based on patient’s lab values for FBS,PPBS, HbA1C AND TSH, LIPID PROFILE.Results: The mean age of subjects in cases was 55.98 ±11.19 years and it was 54.54 ± 10.08 years in controls. Thedifference in the proportion of gender between study groupswas statistically not significant, the difference in weight andBMI between the two groups was statistically significant.There was no statistically significant difference in cholesterol,triglyceride, LDL between two groups. The difference in theproportion of thyroid dysfunction between the two groups wasstatistically significant.Conclusion: The present study showed a high prevalence ofthyroid dysfunctions in patients of type 2 DM.