title: Fasting plasma C-peptide, glucagon stimulated plasma C-peptide, and urinary C-peptide in relation to clinical type of diabetes.
abstract: Many patients with Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus are treated with insulin in order to control hyperglycaemia. We studied fasting plasma C-peptide, glucagon stimulated plasma C-peptide, and 24 h urinary C-peptide in relation to clinical type of diabetes in 132 insulin treated diabetic subjects. Patients were classified clinically as Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic subjects in the presence of at least two of the following criteria: 1) significant ketonuria, 2) insulin treatment started within one year after diagnosis, 3) age of diagnosis less than or equal to 40 years, and 4) weight below 110% of ideal weight of the same age and sex. Eighty patients were classified as Type 1 and 52 as Type 2 diabetic subjects. A second classification of patients into 6 C-peptide classes was then performed. Class I consisted of patients without islet B-cell function. Class II-VI had preserved islet B-cell function and were separated according to the 20%, 40%, 60% and 80% C-peptide percentiles. The two classifications of patients were compared by calculating the prevalence of clinical Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes in each of the C-peptide classes. This analysis showed that patients with a fasting plasma C-peptide value less than 0.20 nmol/l, a glucagon stimulated plasma C-peptide value less than 0.32 nmol/l, and a urinary C-peptide value less than 3.1 nmol/l, or less than 0.54 nmol/mmol creatinine/24 h, or less than 5.4 nmol/24 h mainly were Type 1 diabetic patients; while patients with C-peptide levels above these values mainly were Type 2.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Medical Department, Fredericia Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Gjessing
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Matzen
authors.forename: O K
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Faber
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Frøland
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002096:C-Peptide / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine; D005215:Fasting; D005260:Female; D005934:Glucagon; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D002096:C-Peptide; D007328:Insulin; D005934:Glucagon