Clinical Study

Evidence of Stage- and Age-Related Heterogeneity of Non-HLA SNPs and Risk of Islet Autoimmunity and Type 1 Diabetes: The Diabetes Autoimmunity Study in the Young

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of DAISY non-Hispanic white population.

CharacteristicDevelopment of islet autoimmunity (IA) ( )Progression from IA to type 1 diabetes (T1D) ( )
Children positive for IA ( )Children negative for IA ( )Univariate HR and 95% CI valueIA positive children who progressed to T1D ( )IA positive children who have not progressed to T1D ( )Univariate HR and 95% CI value

Mean age (years) N/AN/A N/AN/A
Mean age at first IA positive visit (years)N/AN/AN/AN/A 0.86 (0.77, 0.95)0.003
HLA-DR3/4,
DQB1*0302
43 (36.8%)248 (16.5%)2.97 (2.01, 4.39)<0.000128 (56.0%)19 (23.2%)2.79 (1.65, 4.72)0.0001
First degree relative with T1D75 (64.1%)737 (49.1%)1.41 (0.96, 2.07)0.0836 (72.0%)54 (65.9%)1.02 (0.56, 1.85)0.96
Sex (female)62 (53.0%)712 (47.4%)1.22 (0.85, 1.74)0.2824 (48.0%)44 (53.7%)1.03 (0.59, 1.83)0.91

CI: confidence interval; DAISY: Diabetes Autoimmunity Study in the Young; HLA: human leukocyte antigen; HR: hazard ratio; IA: islet autoimmunity; T1D: type 1 diabetes.
aAge at first IA positive visit.
bAge at last followup.
cAge at T1D diagnosis.