Concordance for islet autoimmunity among monozygotic twins

MJ Redondo, J Jeffrey, PR Fain… - … England Journal of …, 2008 - Mass Medical Soc
MJ Redondo, J Jeffrey, PR Fain, GS Eisenbarth, T Orban
New England Journal of Medicine, 2008Mass Medical Soc
To the Editor: The risk of type 1 diabetes among the monozygotic twins of patients with type
1 diabetes is reported to be as low as 30%; this percentage is usually based on the
ascertainment of data at a single time point. 1–3 Less is known about the cumulative
incidence of islet antibodies and diabetes among twins followed over time. 4, 5 We analyzed
the long-term risk of islet autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes in a cohort of twins of patients
with type 1A diabetes as defined by the American Diabetes Association criteria (95% of the …
To the Editor: The risk of type 1 diabetes among the monozygotic twins of patients with type 1 diabetes is reported to be as low as 30%; this percentage is usually based on the ascertainment of data at a single time point.13 Less is known about the cumulative incidence of islet antibodies and diabetes among twins followed over time.4,5 We analyzed the long-term risk of islet autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes in a cohort of twins of patients with type 1A diabetes as defined by the American Diabetes Association criteria (95% of the twins with a prediabetic condition . . .
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