Singh B M, Grunewald R A, Press M, Muller B R, Wise P H
Department of Endocrinology, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK.
Diabet Med. 1992 Oct;9(8):730-1. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.1992.tb01881.x.
Four hundred and six white caucasian patients with diabetes mellitus (243 male, mean age 54 +/- 16 (SD) years) were screened for haemochromatosis. Four patients had a fasting transferrin saturation > 62% and all were HLA A3 positive. Two were probable homozygotes for haemochromatosis and two heterozygotes. Homozygote haemochromatosis prevalence in this diabetic population was therefore 2/406 (0.0049) which is identical to that reported in the general population. These findings do not support a genetic relationship between the two conditions.
