type i diabetes mellitus (dm) is frequently associated with autoimmune thyroid disease (atd). association of atd and type i dm has been described with varying frequencies but there is still debate about the situation in the iranian population. we investigated the prevalence of anti thyroid peroxidase (anti-tpo) antibodies and atd in children and adolescents with type i dm. a total of 145 patien...

abstract background: an association of eating disorder with diabetes mellitus may lead to a serious lack of metabolic control, higher mortality and morbidity. there is no recent study conducted in the iranian population about eating disorder and its variants. the aim of the present study is investigation of frequency of disturbed eating behaviors in adolescent girls with type 1 diabetes mellitu...

background: diabetes mellitus is a serious public health problem worldwide and particularly in developing countries. in algeria, this metabolic disorder occurs with a wide variety or atypical forms that linked to multiple risk factors including local habits and traditions. this study aimed to determine the impact of risk factors (metabolic syndrome, social, cultural, physical activity, family h...

Background: Celiac disease is a chronic inflammation of small intestine which is caused by an increased permanent sensitivity to a protein named gluten. This protein is present in some cereals such as wheat, barley, and rye. The immunologic response to this protein can cause clinical symptoms in people with specific human leukocyte antigens (HLAs) (including HLADQ2 or HLADQ8). Most studies have...

epidemiology studies have demonstrated inconsistent associations between type 2 diabetes mellitus and the risk of malignant melanoma. to this end, the aim was to perform a meta-analysis of cohort studies.medline, pubmed, embase and the cochrane library were searched up to february 2014. cohort studies addressing the relative risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus on malignant melanoma were included i...

background and objectives: type 2 diabetes is the most prevalent form of diabetes mellitus and is associated with a variety of complications. homocysteine is an important independent risk factor for atherosclerotic diseases in both diabetic and non diabetic subjects. the association between these two is still unclear. the aim of this study was to assess the serum homocysteine levels in uncompli...

  Purpose: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease which widely affects individual health and   social performance. The purpose of this study was to compare the mental health of patients   with type I diabetes and non-diabetic individuals.   Materials and Methods: This was a comparative after-the-fact study conducted in 2011. The   participants included 50 patients with type I diabetes who were ...

Type I diabetes mellitus is a common chronic disease in adolescents. According to statistics, 12,243 diabetic Muslims fast in thirteen Islamic countries, 43% of whom have type I diabetes. This longitudinal study was conducted on volunteer adolescents with type I diabetes aged 13-18 years for 15 days using the census method. Three days before Ramadan and during the last three days of the study p...