Prevalence of the Coeliac Disease among Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Followed Up at the Endocrine Unit in the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children Colombo

Prevalence of coeliac disease in type 1 diabetes is approximately 10 times common compared to the general population Most of the children type 1 diabetes with Coeliac disease remained asymptomatic Screening for the coeliac disease in diabetes is a recommended practice, though it is not done in our country due to financial restrictions. We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study to describe the prevalence of coeliac disease in a cohort of patients with type 1 diabetes attending to the Pediatric endocrine clinic at Lady Ridgeway Hospital Colombo Sri Lanka. Our sample size was 56 patients, aged 1-16 years. Out of them only two were found to have coeliac disease. Thus, the prevalence is 3.5%, and is in the global prevalence range. Further studies are needed recruiting larger population to decide whether routine screening for coeliac disease is beneficial in our children.