Authors : Seyed Mehdi Monajemzadeh and Nooshin Najafian
Abstract: Thyroid disease may affect diabetes management. The aim of this study, was to investigate the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction among children and adolescents with newly diagnosed type I diabetes in Iran. A case-control study was done between March 2005 to August 2008 in the pediatric ward of a tertiary Hospital, Ahwaz, Iran. In words 75 consecutive newly diagnosed type 1 subjects were selected and were compared with 105 healthy control children. Physical examination for signs of thyroid dysfunction and estimation of thyroid size by using palpation were performed and TSH and T3 and T4 were measured to evaluate prevalence of thyroid dysfunction. Prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in diabetics was 14.6%; of them 9.3% were subclinical hypothyroidism, 4% hypothyroidism and 1.3% subclinical hyperthyroidism, which were higher than normal controls. Goiter prevalence by palpation was the same in both groups. Because of higher prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes than in controls, we confirm the recommendation that thyroid testing be done at diagnosis and routinely in children and adolescents with type I diabetes.
Seyed Mehdi Monajemzadeh and Nooshin Najafian , 2009. Thyroid Dysfunction in Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetic Children. Research Journal of Biological Sciences, 4: 506-508.