ESPE Abstracts (2022) 95 P2-88

ESPE2022 Poster Category 2 Diabetes and Insulin (43 abstracts)

Association of type 1 diabetes mellitus with autoimmune diseases in children in the Department of Endocrinology-Diabetology and Nutrition at Mohammed VI University Hospital Center Oujda

Hajar Charif 1 , Latifa Yagoubi 1 , Amal Ourdi 1 , Yousra Laalaoua 1 , Imane Assarrar 1 , Najoua Messaoudi 1 , Siham Rouf 1,2 & Hanane Latrech 1,2


1Endocrinology-Diabetology and Nutrition Department, of Mohammed VI University Hospital Center Oujda, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy Oujda, Université Mohammed Premier Oujda, MOROCCO, OUJDA, Morocco; 2laboratories of epidemiology, clinical research and public health, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy Oujda, University Mohammed Premier Oujda, MOROCCO, OUJDA, Morocco


Introduction: Type 1 diabetes is frequently accompanied by other autoimmune diseases that can sometimes be integrated into autoimmune polyendocrinopathies. Through this work, we sought to describe the association of autoimmune diseases with type 1 diabetes in children.

Patients and Methods: This is a retrospective and descriptive study, including 354 type 1 diabetic patients hospitalized in the Department of Endocrinology Diabetology and Nutrition at Mohammed VI University Hospital Center Oujda between 2016 and 2021. All our patients had benefited from a systematic search for autoimmune diseases. The statistical analysis was performed by SPSS version 21 software.

Results and discussion: The mean age of our patients was 16 ± 1.9 years. Our population was predominantly female with a sex ratio of 0.94. A family history of autoimmune diseases was noted in 6 cases. Anti-IA2 and anti-GAD antibodies were positive in 19% of cases. Autoimmune diseases were noted in 23 patients, 34.7% of whom were men and 65.8% women. Autoimmune dysthyroidism was the leading cause in 34% of cases. type 1 diabetes mellitus preceded dysthyroidism in 65% of cases. Celiac disease was noted in 30% of cases. Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy was listed in 39.2% of cases and psoriasis in 0.28% of our patients.

Conclusion: The frequency of autoimmune diseases in type 1 diabetics, which can sometimes be part of autoimmune polyendocrinopathy, encourages screening for them when diabetes is discovered. The screening will allow an early management of these disorders and prevent further complications.

Volume 95

60th Annual ESPE (ESPE 2022)

Rome, Italy
15 Sep 2022 - 17 Sep 2022

European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology 

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