title: Clinical association of autoimmune diseases with diabetes mellitus: analysis from southern India.
abstract: The adult form of polyglandular autoimmune syndrome (type 2) is associated with disorders of the thyroid, adrenal, and pancreas (type 1 diabetes mellitus). We profile the clinical association of autoimmune diseases among patients from our center in southern India: autoimmune diseases were diagnosed in 1.68% of persons with diabetes mellitus (147/15,523). Diabetes mellitus was diagnosed in 2.3% of persons with hypothyroidism (33/1435) and in 4.35% with thyrotoxicosis (15/345).
authors.affiliation: Endocrine and Diabetes Center, Visakhapatnam 530 002, India. grsridhar@hotmail.com
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Sridhar
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nagamani
mesh_terms: D000505:Alopecia / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013971:Thyrotoxicosis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D014820:Vitiligo / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology