ESPE Abstracts

Background and Aim: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (TIDM) is not an inherited condition and 80% of children with T1DM have no family history of diabetes. It is associated with other autoimmune conditions with hypothyroid being the most common followed by celiac disease. However, most of this data is from developed countries. The aim of this study is to determine the incidence of different autoimmune conditions in T1DM and to look for the clinical pattern of autoimmu...

Background: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a chronic immune mediated condition where autoimmunity against pancreatic beta cell is triggered by many environmental factors in genetically susceptible person. Association of poor infant feeding practices as potential risk factor for developing T1DM is still debatable.Objective: The aim of this study is to look for association of infant feeding malpractices with type 1 dia...