Laboratory Medicine ›› 2015, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (5): 465-467.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8640.2015.05.014

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Clinical significance of the combined detection of GAD-Ab, IA2-Ab and ICA in patients with diabetes mellitus

ZHOU Houqing1, WU Xinggui2   

  1. 1. The Second People's Hospital of Shenzhen, Guangdong Shenzhen 518035, China
    2. The Medical College of Guangdong, Guangdong Dongguan 523000, China
  • Received:2015-01-20 Online:2015-05-30 Published:2015-06-17

Abstract: Objective To investigate the clinical significance of the combined detection of anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody(GAD-Ab), anti-protein tyrosine phosphatase antibody(IA2-Ab) and anti-islet cell antibody(ICA) in the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. Methods A total of 136 patients with diabetes mellitus were enrolled, including 54 cases of type 1 diabetes mellitus and 82 cases of type 2 diabetes mellitus, and 65 healthy controls were enrolled as healthy control group. GAD-Ab and IA2-Ab were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and ICA was determined by indirect immunofluorescence assay. Results The positive rates of ICA, GAD-Ab and IA2-Ab in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus(22.2%, 61.1% and 11.1%) were significantly higher than those in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (2.4%, 4.9% and 1.2%) and control group (0%, 0% and 0%, P<0.05). The positive rate of GAD-Ab in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus was higher than those of ICA and IA2-Ab(P<0.001). The sensitivity and diagnostic accordance rate of GAD-Ab were higher than those of ICA and IA2-Ab(P<0.05). The sensitivities and diagnostic accordance rates of the combined detections of GAD-Ab+ICA, GAD-Ab+IA2-Ab and ICA+GAD-Ab+IA2-Ab were also higher than those of ICA and IA2-Ab(P<0.05). Conclusions The combined detection of GAD-Ab, IA2-Ab and ICA has important significance in the diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus.

Key words: Anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody, Anti-protein tyrosine phosphatase antibody, Anti-islet cell antibody, Diabetes mellitus

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