The heterogeneity between adult and adolescent type 1 diabetes / 中国实用内科杂志

25 year).The patients were analyzed for the clinical characteristics.Autoantibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase 65(GAD65-Ab),insulin(I-Ab)and autoantobodies to protein tyrosine phosphatase-like proteins(IA2-Ab)were assayed.HLA-DRB1,DQA1,DQB1 alleles(HLA-DRB1*03,*04,*09,*15,DQB1*0201,*0302,*0601,DQA1*0301,*0501)were typing by PCR-sequence specific primer(PCR-SSP).Results A little higher proportion of males,a longer duration of disease; a higher BMI and WHR characterized the adult-onset patients.The adults have a higher level of triglycerides and 120 min C-peptides than adolescent.The frequency and level of IA2-Ab of the adolescents were higher than adults(47.1% vs 15.1% and 0.46 U?mL~ -1 vs 0.07 U?mL~ -1 ,respectively,P