Thyroid disease in insulin-treated patients with type 2 diabetes : a retrospective study

  • Background: Diabetes mellitus and thyroid diseases frequently coexist. In order to evaluate how thyroid disorders interfere with glycemic control, we analysed insulin-treated type 2 diabetes patients with thyroid disease. Methods: Diabetes patients (n = 1.957) were retrospectively investigated. We focused on type 2 diabetes patients who had been admitted for insulin-treatment and diagnosed thyroid diseases (n = 328). Patients were divided into three groups according to thyroid disease manifestation in relation to diabetes onset: prior to (group 1), same year (group 2) and thyroid disease following diabetes (group 3). Results: Out of all diabetes patients 27.3% had a thyroid disorder with more women (62.2%) being affected (p < 0.001). Thyroid disease was predominantly diagnosed after diabetes onset. Patients with type 2 diabetes and prior appearance of thyroid disease required insulin therapy significantly earlier (median insulin-free period: 2.5 yrs; Q1 = 0.0, Q3 = 8.25) compared to patients who had thyroid dysfunction after diabetes onset (median insulin-free period: 8.0 yrs; Q1 = 3.0, Q3 = 12.0; p < 0.001). Age at diabetes onset correlated with insulin-free period (p < 0.001). Conclusions: Thyroid disease may be a marker of a distinct metabolic trait in type 2 diabetes potentially requiring earlier insulin treatment.

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Author:Valerie Witting, Dominik Bergis, Dilek Sadet, Klaus BadenhoopORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-333970
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-6614-7-2
ISSN:1756-6614
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24580798
Parent Title (English):Thyroid research
Publisher:BioMed Central
Place of publication:London
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2014/04/08
Date of first Publication:2014/03/01
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2014/04/08
Tag:Coexistence; Diabetes mellitus; Insulin therapy; Outcome; Thyroid disease
Volume:7
Issue:1, Art. 2
Page Number:6
First Page:1
Last Page:6
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HeBIS-PPN:435248871
Institutes:Medizin / Medizin
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
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