Omar Al Khaldi.
Prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in type 1 diabetic children in Jordan.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;5(1):1-3.

Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of clinical and biochemical thyroid dysfunction in type1 diabetic children in Jordan in the period between Jan 2009-Jun 2010 at King Hussein Medical Centre. The association of type1 diabetes and thyroid dysfunction has been reported worldwide. Subject and method: A total number of 116 children with type1 diabetes (62 males and 54 females), age 1-16 years children were examined for signs of thyroid dysfunction and an estimation of thyroid size by using palpation were performed and TSH, T3 and T4 were measured to evaluate the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction. Result: The prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in diabetics was 12.93%, 6.9% of them were subclinical hypothyroidism, 3.4% of them showed hypothyroidism and 0.86% of them showed hyperthyroidism, 1.7% of them showed hyperthyroidism, sex distribution showed 27% males and 73% females those with thyroid dysfunction, which means higher than normal population of same age group. Goiter prevalence by palpation was presented in 9.5% of diabetic patient which is related to poor iodinated food intake and poor seacoast in Jordan. Conclusion: We conclude the higher prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in type1 diabetes than normal population, we recommend that the thyroid testing should be done routinely at time of diagnosis of children with type1 diabetes.

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