Male-to-female excess in diabetes diagnosed in early adulthood is not specific for the immune-mediated form nor is it HLA-DQ restricted: Possible relation to increased body mass index

Diabetologia

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 40-47

  Weets, I ^a   Van Autreve, J ^a   Van Der Auwera, B J ^a   Schuit, F C ^a   Du Caju, M V L ^b   Decochez, K ^a   De Leeuw, I H ^b   Keymeulen, B ^a   Mathieu, C ^c   Rottiers, R ^d   Dorchy, H ^e   Quartier, E ^a   Gorus, F K ^a  

^a DIABETES RESEARCH CENTER   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e HOP UNIV DES ENFANTS REINE FABIOLA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Body mass index; Diabetes; Glutamate decarboxylase antibodies; HLA DQ genotype; IA 2 antibodies; Insulin gene polymorphisms; Islet cell cytoplasmic antibodies; Sex; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE ANTIBODY; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IA 2 ANTIBODY; INSULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BELGIUM; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; BELGIUM; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0006044302     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250051578     Document Type: Article

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