Research Article

Prevalence of Positive Diabetes-Associated Autoantibodies among Type 2 Diabetes and Related Metabolic and Inflammatory Differences in a Sample of the Bulgarian Population

Table 1

Level of GAD65A in autoantibody-positive diabetic patients.

GAD65A
(IU/ml) in LADA
()
GAD65A (IU/ml) in
Ab+T2D ()

М (SD)192.94 (78.77)109.06 (75.61)0.014
Md232.30113.10
Minimum25.8011.80
Maximum274.90210.80

M: mean; SD: standard deviation; Md: median; n: number; GAD65A: antiglutamic acid decarboxylase 65 autoantibodies; LADA: latent autoimmune diabetes of the adults; Ab+T2D: autoantibody-positive cases in T2D group.