Time to insulin initiation cannot be used in defining latent autoimmune diabetes in adults
Time to insulin initiation cannot be used in defining latent autoimmune diabetes in adults
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DOI:
10.2337/dc07-1308
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发表时间:
2008-03-01
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影响因子:
16.2
通讯作者:
Williams, Rhys
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作者:
Brophy, Sinead;Yderstrede, Knud;Williams, Rhys
OBJECTIVE - Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults is type I diabetes presenting as noninsulin dependent diabetes. One feature of the selection criteria is Lime independent of insulin treatment. We examine the validity of this criterion.RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS - Patients were recruited in nine European centers, and clinicians reported on criteria for initiating insulin. All patients were tested for GAD antibodies (GADAs) in a central laboratory. We examined time to insulin treatment for GADA-positive patients in six participating centers.RESULTS - There was intercenter variation in the criteria used to initiate insulin. Median time to insulin was 16.15 months (interqartile range 6.7-25.5) in centers with GADA testing compared with 45.6 months (29.5-61.8) in centers without routine GADA testing (P < 0.002).CONCLUSION - Time to insulin should not be used to define patients with LADA because it is dependent on local clinical judgment and the use of laboratory tests for GADA.