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1: Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2004 Dec;1037:114-7.Click here to read Links

Prevalence of diabetes-associated autoantibodies in schoolchildren: the Karlsburg Type 1 Diabetes Risk Study.

Schlosser M, Strebelow M, Rjasanowski I, Kerner W, Wassmuth R, Ziegler M.

Institute of Pathophysiology, Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald, Greifswalder Str. 11b, D-17495 Karlsburg, Germany. schlosse@uni-greifswald.de

This study attempts to assess the prevalence of diabetes-associated autoantibodies in a general population in the northeastern part of Germany, with emphasis on autoantibodies against glutamic acid decarboxylase (GADA), protein tyrosine phosphatase (IA-2A), and insulin (IAA) by radioassays >/= 98th percentile, and AAbs binding on pancreatic sections (ICA) by immunofluorescence >/= 10 Juvenile Diabetes Foundation units. From a total of 11,840 schoolchildren tested for all four AAbs, 821 (6.9%) children were positive for single AAbs, whereas 83 (0.7%) had multiple AAbs. If the primary screening were performed by testing GADA/IA-2A/IAA, 94% of probands with single AAbs and all with multiple AAbs would be identified. The combinations of GADA/IA-2A, GADA/IAA, and IA-2A/IAA would identify 97.6, 98.8, and 85.5% of probands with multiple AAbs, respectively. Thus, combined AAb screening in the general population identifies those probands at risk for diabetes.

PMID: 15699502 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]