Assessing Age-Related Etiologic Heterogeneity in the Onset of Islet Autoimmunity
Table 2
Characteristics of DAISY subcohort by IA status ( = 359).
Characteristic
Number (%)
value
Developed IA ( = 60)
Did not develop IA ( = 299)
Age, median (IQR), y
5.1 (6.3)1
8.6 (6.3)2
<0.0001
HLA-DR3/4, DQB1*0302 genotype
21 (35%)
83 (28%)
0.26
First-degree relative with T1D
31 (52%)
118 (39%)
0.08
Female
35 (58%)
148 (50%)
0.21
Race/ethnicity, non-Hispanic white
47 (78%)
222 (74%)
0.51
Maternal age, mean (SD), y
30.5 (5.5)
30.0 (5.4)
0.47
DAISY, Diabetes Autoimmunity Study in the Young; HLA, human leukocyte antigen; IA, islet autoimmunity; T1D, type 1 diabetes. 1Age at first IA positive visit. 2Age at last follow-up.