Tomader Ali Mohammed Ibrahim1, Denira Govender2,3, Mohamed Ahmed Abdullah1,4, Janelle Annette Noble5,6, Mohammed Osman Hussien7, Julie Ann Lane5, Steven John Mack6, Gregory George Noble Martin5, Mark Alvin Atkinson8,9, Clive Henry Wasserfall8, Graham David Ogle2,3. 1. Sudanese Children's Diabetes Association, Khartoum, Sudan. 2. Life for a Child Program, Diabetes NSW, Glebe, New South Wales, Australia. 3. Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 4. Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan. 5. Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California, USA. 6. Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, Oakland, California, USA. 7. Central Laboratory, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Khartoum, Sudan. 8. Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Diabetes Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 9. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Diabetes Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To further understand clinical and biochemical features, and HLA-DRB1 genotypes, in new cases of diabetes in Sudanese children and adolescents. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Demographic characteristics, clinical information, and biochemical parameters (blood glucose, HbA1c, C-peptide, autoantibodies against glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 [GADA] and insulinoma-associated protein-2 [IA-2A], and HLA-DRB1) were assessed in 99 individuals <18 years, recently (<18 months) clinically diagnosed with T1D. HLA-DRB1 genotypes for 56 of these Arab individuals with T1D were compared to a mixed control group of 198 healthy Arab (75%) and African (25%) individuals without T1D. RESULTS: Mean ± SD age at diagnosis was 10.1 ± 4.3 years (range 0.7-17.6 years) with mode at 9-12 years. A female preponderance was observed. Fifty-two individuals (55.3%) presented in diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Mean ± SD serum fasting C-peptide values were 0.22 ± 0.25 nmol/L (0.66±0.74 ng/ml). 31.3% were autoantibody negative, 53.4% were GADA positive, 27.2% were IA-2A positive, with 12.1% positive for both autoantibodies. Association analysis compared to 198 controls of similar ethnic origin revealed strong locus association with HLA-DRB1 (p < 2.4 × 10-14 ). Five HLA-DRB1 alleles exhibited significant T1D association: three alleles (DRB1*03:01, DRB1*04:02, and DRB1*04:05) were positively associated, while three (DRB1*10:01, DRB1*15:02, and DRB1*15:03) were protective. DRB1*03:01 had the strongest association (odds ratio = 5.04, p = 1.7 × 10-10 ). CONCLUSIONS: Young Sudanese individuals with T1D generally have similar characteristics to reported European-origin T1D populations. However, they have higher rates of DKA and slightly lower autoantibody rates than reported European-origin populations, and a particularly strong association with HLA-DRB1*03:01.
OBJECTIVE: To further understand clinical and biochemical features, and HLA-DRB1 genotypes, in new cases of diabetes in Sudanese children and adolescents. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Demographic characteristics, clinical information, and biochemical parameters (blood glucose, HbA1c, C-peptide, autoantibodies against glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 [GADA] and insulinoma-associated protein-2 [IA-2A], and HLA-DRB1) were assessed in 99 individuals <18 years, recently (<18 months) clinically diagnosed with T1D. HLA-DRB1 genotypes for 56 of these Arab individuals with T1D were compared to a mixed control group of 198 healthy Arab (75%) and African (25%) individuals without T1D. RESULTS: Mean ± SD age at diagnosis was 10.1 ± 4.3 years (range 0.7-17.6 years) with mode at 9-12 years. A female preponderance was observed. Fifty-two individuals (55.3%) presented in diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Mean ± SD serum fasting C-peptide values were 0.22 ± 0.25 nmol/L (0.66±0.74 ng/ml). 31.3% were autoantibody negative, 53.4% were GADA positive, 27.2% were IA-2A positive, with 12.1% positive for both autoantibodies. Association analysis compared to 198 controls of similar ethnic origin revealed strong locus association with HLA-DRB1 (p < 2.4 × 10-14 ). Five HLA-DRB1 alleles exhibited significant T1D association: three alleles (DRB1*03:01, DRB1*04:02, and DRB1*04:05) were positively associated, while three (DRB1*10:01, DRB1*15:02, and DRB1*15:03) were protective. DRB1*03:01 had the strongest association (odds ratio = 5.04, p = 1.7 × 10-10 ). CONCLUSIONS: Young Sudanese individuals with T1D generally have similar characteristics to reported European-origin T1D populations. However, they have higher rates of DKA and slightly lower autoantibody rates than reported European-origin populations, and a particularly strong association with HLA-DRB1*03:01.
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