title: [Clinical characteristics and main diagnostic points of latent autoimmune diabetes mellitus in adults].
abstract: To understand latent autoimmune diabetes mellitus in adults (LADA), we compared the clinical characteristics, fasting plasma glucose and C-peptide level, genetic frequency of HLA-DQA1, -DQB1 chain in 25 patients with LADA, 57 patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM, 21 patients with children-onset IDDM, 36 patients with adult-onset IDDM with ketosis), 38 patients with NIDDM (mild and moderate 30 patients and severe 8) and 42 normal persons. The onset of age was 20-48 years old associated with obvious polyphagia, and weight loss. Body mass index (BMI) was < or = 25 and fasting plasma glucose was > or = 16.5 mmol/L (297 mg/dl). Fasting and 1, 2 hour post prandial C-peptide level showed low and flatter curve (0.4, 0.8 and 0.8 nmol/L respectively). Glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) antibody was positive. HLA-DQ beta chain substitution of aspartate molecule was at position 57 (susceptic gene). LADA could be diagnosed if a patient has the first point and any point of the second to the fourth point. Patients with LADA should take diet, exercises, especially insulin as early as possible in order to control fasting and post prandial plasma glucose, and prevent from further destroy of residue islet B cells and reduce diabetic complications of eye, kidney and nerve.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000906:Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002096:C-Peptide / Q000097:blood; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase / Q000276:immunology*; D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D059848:HLA-DQ alpha-Chains; D006801:Humans; D007662:Ketosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D001786:Blood Glucose; D002096:C-Peptide; D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens; D059848:HLA-DQ alpha-Chains; C069050:HLA-DQA1 antigen; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase