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Preservation of β-cell function in autoantibody-positive youth with diabetes

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Greenbaum, Carla J., Anderson, Andrea M., Dolan, Lawrence M., Mayer-Davis, Elizabeth J., Dabelea, Dana, Imperatore, Giuseppina, Marcovina, Santica, Pihoker, Catherine +1 more·2009·Diabetes Care

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine the extent of β-cell function in youth with diabetes and GAD65 and/or IA2 autoantibodies. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Fasting C-peptide levels from 2,789 GAD65- and/or IA2 autoantibody-positive youth aged 1–23 years from the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth study were used. Preserved β-cell function was defined on the basis of cut points derived from the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) (fasting C-peptide ≥0.23 ng/ml) and from the U.S. adolescent population of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 5th percentile for fasting C-peptide (≥1.0 ng/ml). We compared the clinical characteristics between those with and without preserved β-cell function. RESULTS: Within the first year of diagnosis, 82.9% of youth had a fasting C-peptide ≥0.23 ng/ml and 31.2% had values ≥1.0 ng/ml. Among those with ≥5 years of diabetes duration, 10.7% had preserved β-cell function based on the DCCT cutoff and 1.0% were above the 5th percentile of the NHANES population. CONCLUSIONS: Within the 1st year of diagnosis, four of five youth with autoantibody-positive diabetes have clinically significant amounts of residual β-cell function and about one-third have fasting C-peptide levels above the 5th percentile of a healthy adolescent population. Even 5 years after diagnosis, 1 of 10 has fasting C-peptide above a clinically significant threshold. These findings have implications for clinical classification of youth with diabetes as well as clinical trials aimed to preserve β-cell function after diabetes onset.

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  • At diagnosis, people with type 1 diabetes have reduced β-cell function compared with healthy controls.

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    The Results (page unavailable) show that among autoantibody-positive youth studied within one year of diagnosis, 31.2% had fasting C-peptide at or above the healthy-adolescent 5th percentile, supporting generally lower β-cell function relative to that reference population. The study does not measure function precisely at diagnosis, and its findings in youth do not establish the claim for all people with type 1 diabetes. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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Greenbaum, C. J., Anderson, A. M., Dolan, L. M., Mayer-Davis, E. J., Dabelea, D., Imperatore, G., Marcovina, S., Pihoker, C., & for the SEARCH Study Group
Affiliations
  • Virginia Mason Medical Center (US)
  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences (US)
  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (US)
  • Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina;
  • Colorado School of Public Health (US)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
  • University of Washington (US)
Corresponding author
Greenbaum, Carla J.
Venue
Diabetes Care
Published
2009-07-08
Volume
32
Issue
10
Pages
1839-1844
ISSN
  • 0149-5992 (ISSN-L)
  • 1935-5548
OpenAlex
W2119813462
Cited by
90
References
25
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Diabetes Care (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Center for Research Resources (M01RR008084, M01RR001271, M01 RR00069, M01 RR-01070, M01RR001070, M01-RR 00037, M01RR000069, M01RR000037, M01-RR-08084)
  • National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U01 DP-000247, U01-DP000246, U01-DP-000250, U01-DP-000254, U01DP000245, U01 DP000248, U01DP000244)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Pancreatic function and diabetes
Keywords
beta-cell function, type 1 diabetes, youth, GAD65 antibodies, fasting C-peptide, residual beta-cell function, SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth, diabetes classification, diabetes duration
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Autoantibodies, C-Peptide, Child, Child, Preschool, Diabetes Mellitus, Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Insulin-Secreting Cells, Young Adult

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