Jump to content
This site uses cookies. Continued use is acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. More Info... ×
  • Welcome to Celiac.com!

    You have found your celiac tribe! Join us and ask questions in our forum, share your story, and connect with others.




  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A1):



    Celiac.com Sponsor (A1-M):


  • Get Celiac.com Updates:
    Help Celiac.com:
    eNewsletter
    Donate
  • Record is Archived

    This article is now archived and is closed to further replies.

    Jefferson Adams
    Jefferson Adams

    Adults with Both Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac Disease at Higher Risk for Thyroid Disease

    Reviewed and edited by a celiac disease expert.

    Celiac.com 01/08/2016 - Adults with both celiac disease and type 1 diabetes face an increased risk of developing thyroid disease, according to a new study.

    Photo: CC--Alan LevineThe study was done by researchers Matthew Kurien, Kaziwe Mollazadegan, David S. Sanders and Jonas F. Ludvigsson. They are variously affiliated with the Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, U.K., the Academic Unit of Gastroenterology at the University of Sheffield in Sheffield, U.K., the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, and the Department of Pediatrics of Örebro University Hospital at Örebro University in Örebro, Sweden.

    Celiac.com Sponsor (A12):
    For their population-based cohort study, Dr. Kurien and colleagues analyzed data from Swedish National Patient Register between 1964 and 2009. 

    Their team identified all 42,539 patients diagnosed with type 1 diabetes before age 31 years of age. They used small intestinal biopsy reports showing villous atrophy to identify 947 type 1 diabetes patients with celiac disease between 1969 and 2008 (55.1% women; mean age of celiac disease diagnosis, 12 years).

    The research team then selected up to five type 1 diabetes patients as controls for each patient with both type 1 diabetes and celiac disease, and matched them for age, sex and birth year. They selected 4,584 in all; 54.5% women. They then used Cox regression analysis to calculate hazard ratios for future thyroid disease, with celiac disease as a time-dependent variable.

    They found that, over an average 13 years of follow-up, 90 patients in the group with both type 1 diabetes and celiac disease developed autoimmune thyroid disease (either hypothyroid or hyperthyroid); with an average age at thyroid disease diagnosis of 25 years old.

    In total, nearly 11% of patients in the type 1 diabetes and celiac disease group were diagnosed with thyroid disease at some stage of life vs. 7.2% of patients with type 1 diabetes without celiac disease.

    Patients with both type 1 diabetes and celiac disease faced an increased risk for hypothyreosis (HR = 1.66; 95% CI, 1.3-2.12) and hyperthyreosis (HR = 1.71; 95% CI, 0.95-3.11). The RR for thyroid disease in patients with both type 1 diabetes and celiac disease was 1.67 (95% CI, 1.32-2.11).

    The team found the highest risk levels for thyroid disease in patients from 1964-1975, which they attributed to poor screening for thyroid disease in type 1 diabetes patients during that time.

    The researchers noted that the highest risks in patients with more than ten years of celiac disease, which suggests that long-term double autoimmunity is a risk factor for autoimmune thyroid disease.

    Source:

    • Open Original Shared Link


    User Feedback

    Recommended Comments

    There are no comments to display.



    Guest
    This is now closed for further comments

  • Get Celiac.com Updates:
    Help Celiac.com:
    Donate
  • About Me

    Jefferson Adams

    Jefferson Adams is Celiac.com's senior writer and Digital Content Director. He earned his B.A. and M.F.A. at Arizona State University. His articles, essays, poems, stories and book reviews have appeared in numerous magazines, journals, and websites, including North American Project, Antioch Review, Caliban, Mississippi Review, Slate, and more. He is the author of more than 2,500 articles on celiac disease. His university coursework includes studies in science, scientific methodology, biology, anatomy, physiology, medicine, logic, and advanced research. He previously devised health and medical content for Colgate, Dove, Pfizer, Sharecare, Walgreens, and more. Jefferson has spoken about celiac disease to the media, including an appearance on the KQED radio show Forum, and is the editor of numerous books, including "Cereal Killers" by Scott Adams and Ron Hoggan, Ed.D.

    >VIEW ALL ARTICLES BY JEFFERSON ADAMS

     


  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A17):
    Celiac.com Sponsor (A17):





    Celiac.com Sponsors (A17-M):




  • Related Articles

    Jefferson Adams
    Celiac.com 03/01/2010 - Common autoimmune disorders often coexist in the same subjects, and to cluster in families. A research team recently set out to quantify the risk of diagnosis of coexisting autoimmune diseases in more than 3000 index cases with clinically proven Graves' disease or Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
    The research team included Kristien Boelaert, PhD, Paul R. Newbya, Matthew J. Simmonds, PhD, Roger L. Holder, Jacqueline D. Carr-Smith, Joanne M. Heward, PhD, Nilusha Manjia, Amit Allahabadia, MD, Mary Armitage, DM, Krishna V. Chatterjee, PhD, John H. Lazarus, MD, Simon H. Pearce, PhD, Bijay Vaidya, PhD, Stephen C. Gough, PhD, and Jayne A. Franklyn, PhD.
    To establish the prevalence of coexisting autoimmune disorders, the team conducted a cross-sectional multi-center study...


    Jefferson Adams
    Celiac.com 03/03/2010 - A team of researchers set out to assess long-term outcomes of thyroid function and autoimmunity in a large population of children with celiac disease.
    The research team included Alessandra Cassio, MD, Giampaolo Ricci, MD, Federico Baronio, MD, Angela Miniaci, MD, Milva Bal, MD, Barbara Bigucci, MD, Veronica Conti, MD, and Alessandro Cicognani, MD.
    To accomplish this, they conducted a longitudinal, retrospective study at the Pediatric Department, University of Bologna, Italy (duration of follow-up, 8.9 +- 4.0 years).
    In all, the team examined one hundred thirty-five consecutive patients diagnosed between June 1990 and December 2004 and followed on a gluten-free diet.
    To be included, researchers required study subjects to maintain good dietary compliance...


    Jefferson Adams
    Celiac.com 02/02/2012 - A team of researchers recently conducted a prospective controlled study on a gluten-free diet and autoimmune thyroiditis in patients with celiac disease.
    The research team included S. Metso, H. Hyytiä-Ilmonen, K. Kaukinen, H. Huhtala, P. Jaatinen, J. Salmi, J. Taurio, and P. Collin. They are affiliated with the Department of Internal Medicine at Tampere University Hospital in Tampere, Finland.
    Prior to the study, there had been contradictory data regarding the ways in which early diagnosis and a gluten-free diet might slow the progression of associated autoimmune diseases in celiac disease.
    The research team investigated the course of autoimmune thyroid diseases in newly diagnosed celiac disease patients, both before and after gluten-free dietary treatment....


    Jefferson Adams
    Celiac.com 05/07/2012 - People with celiac disease face a higher risk of developing primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) in the early years after their celiac disease is diagnosed, according to a new report from Sweden. The report appears in the The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
    A team of researchers recently set out to examine the risk of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) in people with celiac disease. The researchers included Dr. Jonas F. Ludvigsson, Olle Kämpe, Benjamin Lebwohl, Peter H. R. Green, Shonni J. Silverberg and Anders Ekbom. They are affiliated with the Department of Pediatrics (J.F.L.) at Örebro University Hospital in Örebro, Sweden, the Clinical Epidemiology Unit (J.F.L., A.E.) of the Department of Medicine at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, S...


  • Recent Activity

    1. - CatherineWang replied to B1rdL0ver's topic in Related Issues & Disorders
      40

      Dealing with constant nausea and just feeling awful.

    2. - cristiana replied to BunnyBrown's topic in Related Issues & Disorders
      3

      Recently had my esophagus dilated

    3. - cristiana replied to twe0708's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease
      54

      How Long Do Celiac Patients Live?

    4. - Exchange Students replied to Exchange Students's topic in Parents, Friends and Loved Ones of Celiacs
      2

      Exchange Students who are celiac in need of host

    5. - Scott Adams replied to Exchange Students's topic in Parents, Friends and Loved Ones of Celiacs
      2

      Exchange Students who are celiac in need of host


  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A19):



  • Member Statistics

    • Total Members
      120,154
    • Most Online (within 30 mins)
      7,748

    Ohwowitsgluten
    Newest Member
    Ohwowitsgluten
    Joined

  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A20):


  • Forum Statistics

    • Total Topics
      120.2k
    • Total Posts
      1m

  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A22):





  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A21):



  • Popular Now

    • Sunflowers06
      6
    • Momkaren
      10
    • Elizabeth M Blair
      5
    • B1rdL0ver
    • twe0708
      54
  • Popular Articles

    • Scott Adams
    • Scott Adams
    • Scott Adams
    • Scott Adams
    • Scott Adams
  • Upcoming Events

×
×
  • Create New...