GAD Antibody Positivity Predicts Type 2 Diabetes in an Adult Population

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Authors

Victoria ME Lundgren · University of Helsinki

Bo Isomaa · Folkhälsans Forskningscentrum

Valeriya Lyssenko · Malmö University

Esa Laurila · Malmö University

Pasi K. Korhonen · Statistics Finland

Leif Groop · University of Helsinki

Tiinamaija Tuomi · University of Helsinki

Abstract

GADA positivity clusters in families with type 1 diabetes or latent autoimmune diabetes in adults. GADA positivity predicts diabetes independently of family history of diabetes, and this risk was further increased with high GADA concentrations.

Topics & Keywords

Diabetes and associated disorders Pancreatic function and diabetes Diabetes Management and Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Diabetes

Volume 59, Issue 2, pp. 416-422

DOI: 10.2337/db09-0747

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