Increasing prevalence of thyroid autoimmunity in childhood type 1 diabetes in the pre-COVID but not during the COVID era.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Studies assessing longitudinal changes in the prevalence of autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT) among the pediatric population are limited. During the COVID-19 era, several papers proposed a rise in AIT cases. Our study aimed to analyze the prevalence of thyroid autoimmunity (TA) over a 10-year period spanning pre-pandemic and pandemic years in a population who are regularly screened for thyroid disturbances.

Materials and methods

This single-center retrospective cohort study analyzed data from 1,361 children and young adults with type 1 diabetes (T1D) treated between 2013 and 2022 in Hungary's largest pediatric endocrinology center. Results of anti-thyroid autoantibodies (anti-thyroid peroxidase/ATPO/and antithyroglobulin/ATG/), thyroid function tests (TFTs) and thyro

SUBMITTER: Herczeg V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11803430 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature