Akira Shimada, Eiji Kawasaki, Norio Abiru, Takuya Awata, Yoichi Oikawa, Haruhiko Osawa, Hiroshi Kajio, Junji Kozawa, Kazuma Takahashi, Daisuke Chujo, Shinsuke Noso, Tomoyasu Fukui, Junnosuke Miura, Kazuki Yasuda, Hisafumi Yasuda, Akihisa Imagawa, Hiroshi Ikegami
The diagnostic criteria for slowly progressive type 1 diabetes (slowly progressive insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; SPIDDM) have been revised by the Committee on Type 1 Diabetes of the Japan Diabetes Society. All of the following three criteria must be met for 'a definitive diagnosis of SPIDDM': (1) presence of anti-islet autoantibodies at some point in time during the disease course; (2) absence of ketosis or ketoacidosis at the diagnosis of diabetes with no requirement for insulin treatment to correct hyperglycemia immediately after diagnosis in principle; and (3) gradual decrease of insulin secretion over time, with insulin treatment required at more than 3 months after diagnosis, and the presence of severe endogenous insulin deficiency (fasting serum C-peptide immunoreactivity <0...
January 7, 2024: Journal of Diabetes Investigation