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ea0029p562 | Diabetes | ICEECE2012

High prevalence of autoimmunity in adult onset diabetes subjects with high GADA titre

Zampetti S , Capizzi M , Spoletini M , Campagna G , Cipolloni L , Petrone A , Tiberti C , Di Pietro S , Locatelli M , Falorni A , Bosi E , Buzzetti R , Nirad Study Group (Italian Society of Diabetes)

Introduction: LADA is a heterogeneous population of diabetes subjects wherein subgroups can be identified based on their autoimmune status: the titre of autoantibodies to GAD.The aim of the study was to correlate, in LADA subjects, GADA titre, with the presence of other organ and non organ specific autoantibodies.Methods: LADA subjects (n=191) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) subjects (n=382) were selected from the Non Insu...