Thyroid dysfunction and thyroid autoimmunity in Saudi type 2 diabetics

摘要: Diabetes mellitus and thyroid disease are common endocrine disorders in the general population. To investigate association between dysfunction, autoimmunity Saudi type 2 diabetics, a random sample of 100 diabetics age- sex-matched controls were studied. The mean age was 54 years for 55 while male:female ratios 1:1.6 1:14 respectively. GAD65ab found 26% 2% (p=0.001). Thyroid detected 10% vs. 5% (p=0.05), dysfunction 16% 7% respectively (p=0.03). In GAD65ab-positive observed 27% 4% GAD65ab-negative (p=0.02) reported 42% We conclude that diabetics. Further studies needed on cost effectiveness screening