Abstract:Objective To investigate the relationship of the levels of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), estradiol (E2) and 2 h postprandial C-peptide with subclinical hypothyroidism in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).Methods A total of 254 perimenopausal and postmenopausal T2DM female patients admitted to our hospital from May 2020 to October 2021 were selected as the research objects, 146 cases were perimenopausal and 108 cases were postmenopausal. Perimenopausal female patients with T2DM with subclinical hypothyroidism were treated as observation group Ⅰ, and those without hypothyroidism were treated as control group Ⅰ; Patients with subclinical hypothyroidism in postmenopausal women with T2DM were included in the observation group Ⅱ, and those without clinical hypothyroidism were included in the control group Ⅱ. The clinical data of perimenopausal and postmenopausal female patients with T2DM with and without subclinical hypothyroidism were compared. The factors affecting the occurrence of subclinical hypothyroidism were analyzed with logistic multivariate regression. The receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) was prepared, and the area under the curve (AUC) was used to evaluate the diagnostic value of HbA1c, E2, 2 h postprandial C-peptide, and their combination in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women with T2DM for the diagnosis of subclinical hypothyroidism.Results There was no significant difference in the incidence of subclinical hypothyroidism between perimenopausal and postmenopausal women with T2DM (P > 0.05). The course of T2DM, serum uric acid, urine albumin, follicular estrogen (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), HbA1c, and C-peptide 2 h postprandial in the observation group Ⅰ and observation group Ⅱ were higher than those in the control group Ⅰ and control group Ⅱ (P < 0.05), while E2 was lower than that in the control group Ⅰ and control group Ⅱ (P < 0.05). Logistic multivariate analysis showed that the course of T2DM, urinary albumin, HbA1c, E2, and C-peptide levels at 2 h postprandial were the risk factors for the occurrence of subclinical hypothyroidism in perimenopausal women with T2DM (P < 0.05). Duration of T2DM [O^R = 2.793 (95% CI: 1.032, 3.058) ], urinary albumin [O^R = 2.869 (95% CI: 1.574, 4.086) ], HbA1c [O^R = 3.152 (95% CI: 2.036, 5.183) ], E2 [O^R = 3.340 (95% CI: 2.415, 5.436) ], and 2 h postprandial C-peptide [O^R = 3.504 (95% CI: 2.874, 6.879) ] were risk factors for subclinical hypothyroidism in perimenopausal female patients with T2DM (P < 0.05); Course of T2DM [O^R = 2.846 (95% CI: 1.029, 3.186) ], HbA1c[O^R = 3.074 (95% CI: 1.873, 4.159) ], E2 [O^R = 3.235 (95% CI: 2.057, 5.836) ], and 2 h postprandial C-peptide [O^R = 3.691 (95% CI: 2.726, 7.469) ] were risk factors for subclinical hypothyroidism in postmenopausal women with T2DM (P < 0.05). The results of ROC curve analysis showed that the sensitivity of HbA1c, E2, 2 h postprandial C-peptide, and their combination in the diagnosis of subclinical hypothyroidism in perimenopausal T2DM women were 71.79% (95% CI: 0.549, 0.845), 66.67% (95% CI: 0.497, 0.804), 74.36% (95% CI: 0.576, 0.864), and 66.67% (95% CI: 0.497, 0.804), respectively; the specificity was 76.64% (95% CI: 0.673, 0.840), 78.50% (95% CI: 0.693, 0.856), 67.29% (95% CI: 0.575, 0.759), and 98.13% (95% CI: 0.928, 0.997) , respectively; AUC were 0.751 (95% CI: 0.673, 0.819), 0.772 (95% CI: 0.693, 0.837), 0.686 (95% CI: 0.604, 0.760), and 0.894 (95% CI: 0.852, 0.951), respectively. The results of ROC curve analysis showed that the sensitivity of HbA1c, E2, 2 h postprandial C-peptide, and their combination in the diagnosis of SCH in postmenopausal women with T2DM was 75.00% (95% CI: 0.575, 0.873), 69.44% (95% CI: 0.517, 0.831), 72.22% (95% CI: 0.546, 0.852), and 69.44% (95% CI: 0.517, 0.831), respectively; the specificity was 66.67% (95% CI: 0.545, 0.873), 77.78% (95% CI: 0.662, 0.864), 75.00% (95% CI: 0.632, 0.841), and 95.83% (95% CI: 0.875, 0.989) , respectively; AUCs were 0.711 (95% CI: 0.616, 0.794), 0.747 (95% CI: 0.65, 0.826), 0.681 (95% CI: 0.584, 0.767), and 0.915 (95% CI: 0.845, 0.960), respectively.Conclusion The levels of HbA1c, E2, and C-peptide at 2 h postprandial are related to perimenopausal and postmenopausal women with T2DM complicated with subclinical hypothyroidism, and the combination of the three has a higher efficacy in diagnosing subclinical hypothyroidism in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women with T2DM.