Islet autoantibodies and type 1 diabetes mellitus / 中华内分泌代谢杂志

ABSTRACT

The positive rate of autoantibodies was 29.7% in 1617 diabetic patients. The positive rate of monoautoantibody was lower than that of combined assay with 3 autoantibodies. Combined assay of multiple autoantibodies may enhance the positivity of early diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus. Glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody (GADA) may be a better screening test for predicting insulin dependency, the prediction of GADA combined with protein tyrosine phosphatase antibody may approximate to 100%, whereas islet cell antibody assay may be needed in the adolescent patients.