Prevalence of autoimmune thyroiditis among children with type 1 diabetes

A single-stage cross-sectional study was conducted on the basis of the National Center for Maternal Health in the Kyrgyz Republic, children aged 0 to 18 years were examined. To study the prevalence of autoimmune thyroid disease with type 1 diabetes mellitus to improve the compensation of carbohydrate metabolism in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Autoimmune thyroiditis often accompanies and interferes with type 1 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents. Thyroid dysfunction in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus can negatively affect various areas of metabolic control. This study included 60 children with type 1 diabetes mellitus and autoimmune thyroiditis, 24 of them girls (40.0%), 36 boys (60%). The average value of ±SD for their age at the time of examination was 11.6±4.1 years, ranging from 1 to 17 years. Of the children with type 1 diabetes mellitus who tested positive for antibodies to thyroid peroxidase, 30 children (50%) had obvious hypothyroidism. Of the thirty children with normal TSH levels, 4 children (13.3%) showed signs of subclinical hypothyroidism, while 26 children (86.7%) had euthyroidism.