PMID- 18774995 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090203 LR - 20191210 IS - 1399-5448 (Electronic) IS - 1399-543X (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 4 Pt 2 DP - 2008 Aug TI - Annual screening detects celiac disease in children with type 1 diabetes. PG - 354-9 LID - 10.1111/j.1399-5448.2008.00367.x [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of celiac disease (CD) in a cohort of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) children and adolescents at the time of clinical diagnosis and to evaluate the screening procedure and possible role of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DQ during a 5-yr follow-up. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: The study group was a cohort of 300 newly diagnosed T1DM children and youths younger than 20 yr followed for 5 yr at six clinical centers for pediatric diabetes in the region Skane in Sweden. Immunoglobulin A endomysium antibodies were used to screen the patients annually to be considered for an intestinal biopsy. All patients were analyzed for HLA-DQA1-B1 genotypes. RESULTS: While 0.7% (2/300) already had a diagnosed symptomatic CD, an additional 3% (10/300) had silent CD at the diagnosis of T1DM. During follow-up, another 6% (17/300) developed CD as follows: 10 after 1 yr, 5 after 2 yr, 1 after 3 yr, and 1 after 5 yr. Therefore, the cumulative frequency of CD confirmed by intestinal biopsies was 10% (29/300). HLA genotypes among T1DM patients developing CD were not different from those among patients with T1DM alone. CONCLUSIONS: Our study confirmed the low prevalence (0.7%) of diagnosed symptomatic CD at the time of clinical diagnosis but document by screening an increasing prevalence of silent CD during a 5-yr follow-up to reach an overall prevalence of 10%. We suggest that children with T1DM should be screened for CD at the onset of T1DM and annually for a minimum of at least 2 yr. HLA genotypes among T1DM patients developing CD were not different from those among patients with T1DM alone. FAU - Larsson, Karin AU - Larsson K AD - Department of Paediatrics, Kristianstad Hospital, Kristianstad, Sweden. karin.larsson@litcon.se FAU - Carlsson, Annelie AU - Carlsson A FAU - Cederwall, Elisabeth AU - Cederwall E FAU - Jonsson, Bjorn AU - Jonsson B FAU - Neiderud, Jan AU - Neiderud J FAU - Jonsson, Bjorn AU - Jonsson B FAU - Lernmark, Ake AU - Lernmark A FAU - Ivarsson, Sten A AU - Ivarsson SA CN - Skane Study Group LA - eng PT - Evaluation Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Denmark TA - Pediatr Diabetes JT - Pediatric diabetes JID - 100939345 RN - 0 (HLA-DQ Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-DQ alpha-Chains) RN - 0 (HLA-DQ beta-Chains) RN - 0 (HLA-DQA1 antigen) RN - 0 (HLA-DQB1 antigen) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Celiac Disease/*complications/*diagnosis/epidemiology MH - Child MH - Child, Preschool MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/*complications MH - Female MH - HLA-DQ Antigens MH - HLA-DQ alpha-Chains MH - HLA-DQ beta-Chains MH - Humans MH - Infant MH - Male MH - Mass Screening MH - Prevalence MH - Sweden FIR - Kockum, K IR - Kockum K FIR - Sjoblad, S IR - Sjoblad S FIR - Mansson, M IR - Mansson M FIR - Pelkonen, M IR - Pelkonen M FIR - Heinz, J IR - Heinz J FIR - Shalouie, A IR - Shalouie A FIR - Nilsson, A IR - Nilsson A FIR - Gustafsson, B IR - Gustafsson B EDAT- 2008/09/09 09:00 MHDA- 2009/02/04 09:00 CRDT- 2008/09/09 09:00 PHST- 2008/09/09 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/02/04 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/09/09 09:00 [entrez] AID - PDI367 [pii] AID - 10.1111/j.1399-5448.2008.00367.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Pediatr Diabetes. 2008 Aug;9(4 Pt 2):354-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-5448.2008.00367.x.