High prevalence of thyroid autoantibodies at diagnosis of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in Swedish children
(1997) In Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine 130(6). p.585-589- Abstract
The prevalence of thyroglobulin autoantibodies and that of thyroid peroxidase autoantibodies were studied in serum samples from 52 children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, sampled at diagnosis and before the start of insulin treatment, with 386 non-diabetic schoolchildren (11 to 13 years of age) serving as control subjects. Using exactly the same sensitive solid-phase immunosorbent radioassay for both thyroid autoantibodies, with comparable sensitivity, we found the prevalences of both autoantibodies to be higher in the insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus group than in the control group, the difference being most pronounced for thyroid peroxidase autoantibodies. Thyroglobulin autoantibodies were positive in 33% of the... (More)
The prevalence of thyroglobulin autoantibodies and that of thyroid peroxidase autoantibodies were studied in serum samples from 52 children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, sampled at diagnosis and before the start of insulin treatment, with 386 non-diabetic schoolchildren (11 to 13 years of age) serving as control subjects. Using exactly the same sensitive solid-phase immunosorbent radioassay for both thyroid autoantibodies, with comparable sensitivity, we found the prevalences of both autoantibodies to be higher in the insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus group than in the control group, the difference being most pronounced for thyroid peroxidase autoantibodies. Thyroglobulin autoantibodies were positive in 33% of the diabetics versus 14% in the control group (p = 0.002), and thyroid peroxidase autoantibodies were positive in 38% versus 6% (p = 0.0001). The high prevalence of thyroid autoantibodies already at diagnosis stresses the importance of early screening for thyroid disease in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
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- Lindberg, B LU ; Ericsson, U B ; Ljung, R LU and Ivarsson, Sten LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 1997-12
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Adolescent, Autoantibodies, Child, Child, Preschool, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, Female, Humans, Iodide Peroxidase, Male, Sweden, Thyroglobulin, Thyroid Gland, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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- Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine
- volume
- 130
- issue
- 6
- pages
- 5 pages
- publisher
- Elsevier
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- pmid:9422332
- scopus:0031460546
- ISSN
- 0022-2143
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0022-2143(97)90108-6
- language
- English
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- yes
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- a4b3da03-957f-4c0b-828c-d647a2735027
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