Frequency, immunogenetics, and clinical characteristics of latent autoimmune diabetes in China (LADA China study): a nationwide, multicenter, clinic-based cross-sectional study - PubMed (original) (raw)

Frequency, immunogenetics, and clinical characteristics of latent autoimmune diabetes in China (LADA China study): a nationwide, multicenter, clinic-based cross-sectional study

Zhiguang Zhou et al. Diabetes. 2013 Feb.

Abstract

Adult non-insulin requiring diabetes includes latent autoimmune diabetes of adults (LADA), distinguished from type 2 diabetes by the presence of islet autoantibodies. LADA China determined the characteristics of Chinese LADA. This nationwide, multicenter, clinic-based cross-sectional study was conducted in 46 university-affiliated hospitals in 25 Chinese cities. All 4,880 ketosis-free diabetic patients (<1 year postdiagnosis, without insulin therapy for >6 months, aged ≥30 years) had GAD antibody (GADA) and HLA-DQ genotype measured centrally with clinical data collected locally. GADA-positive subjects were classified as LADA. Of the patients, 5.9% were GADA positive with LADA. LADA showed a north-south gradient. Compared with GADA-negative type 2 diabetes, LADA patients were leaner, with lower fasting C-peptide and less metabolic syndrome. Patients with high GADA titers are phenotypically different from those with low GADA titers, while only a higher HDL distinguished the latter from those with type 2 diabetes. HLA diabetes-susceptible haplotypes were more frequent in LADA, even in those with low-titer GADA. HLA diabetes-protective haplotypes were less frequent in LADA. Our study implicates universal immunogenetic effects, with some ethnic differences, in adult-onset autoimmune diabetes. Autoantibody positivity and titer could be important for LADA risk stratification and accurate therapeutic choice in clinical practice.

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Flowchart of LADA China Study. OGTT, oral glucose tolerance test.

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China map for LADA China Study. formula image, cities from the northeastern part of China; formula image, cities from the northern part of China; formula image, cities from northwestern China; formula image, cities from eastern China; formula image, cities from central China; formula image, cities from southern China; and formula image, cities from southwestern China. LADA frequency was higher in northern than southern China after age, sex, and BMI adjustment (P < 0.040). (A high-quality color representation of this figure is available in the online issue.)

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Bimodal GADA titer (log 10 transformed) in LADA patients. GADA positivity above or below 180 units/mL largely captured the two modes, with high GADA titer (≥180 units/mL) in 26.5% of patients (76 of 287) and a low GADA titer (<180 units/mL) in 73.5% (211 of 287).

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