A population survey of pancreatic islet cell antibodies.
A population study on pancreatic islet cell antibodies (pica) among 3766 people from the town of Busselton, Western Australia showed that such antibodies were infrequent, the 'classical' insulin-dependent diabetes associated islet cell antibody being present in less than 0.01%. Pancreatic islet cell antibodies in this population were not associated with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, and ten known insulin-dependent diabetics did not have these antibodies. These results for an unselected population are in sharp contrast with those derived from studies on highly selected hospital patients.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D001315:Australia; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D000906:Antibodies; D001786:Blood Glucose; D006680:HLA Antigens