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. 2015 Feb 15;6(1):67–79. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v6.i1.67

Table 3.

Prevalence of associated autoimmunity in patients with type 1 diabetes[15,55,56,60,97,100,136-143]

Associated disease Patients with type 1 diabetes
General population
Prevalence of organ-specific Abs Overt disease Prevalence of organ-specific Abs Overt disease
Type 1 diabetes ICA in 85%-90% 100% ICA in 1%-3 % 0.1%-1.0%
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis TPO Abs in 15%-30% 10%-20% TPO Abs in 2%-10% 0.5%-9.0%
Graves’ disease TSH-R Abs in 1%-18% 3%-6% TSH-R Abs in 1%-2% 0.1%-2.0%
Addison’s disease 21-OH Abs in 0.7%-2.0% 0.5%-0.8% 21-OH Abs in 0.6% 0.005%-0.140%
Autoimmune hypophysitis and/or hypopituitarism Pituitary Abs in 3.6% 0.4%-0.9% Pituitary Abs in 0.5% 0.24%-0.80%
Autoimmune type A gastritis and pernicious anemia Gastric parietal cell Abs in 13%-25% 5%-10% (2%-6%) Gastric parietal cell Abs in 2.5%-12.0% 2% (0.15%-1.00%)
Celiac disease Transglutaminase Abs in 8%-12% 1%-9% Transglutaminase Abs in 0.5%-1.0% 0.50%

Abs: Antibodies; ICA: Islet cell antibodies; TPO: Thyroperoxidase; TSH-R: Thyrotropin receptor antibodies; 21-OH: 21 Hydroxylase.