Is coeliac disease more prevalent in young adults with coexisting Type 1 diabetes mellitus and autoimmune thyroid disease compared with those with Type 1 diabetes mellitus alone?

Abstract

The prevalence of known coeliac disease in this young adult Type 1 diabetes clinic in North-west England was 7/509 (1.4%). Two of these seven patients with coeliac disease were from the group of 28 who had autoimmune thyroid disease as well. Therefore we suggest that patients with known coeliac disease and Type 1 diabetes should be screened for autoimmune thyroid disease. The second screening study then found 3/150 (2%) to have a serological marker for coeliac disease. However, patients with both Type 1 diabetes and autoimmune thyroid disease were not more likely to have occult coeliac disease compared with those with Type 1 diabetes only.