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. 2003 Sep;133(3):378–383. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2003.02244.x

Table 2.

Major reports related to diabetes in patients with CRS

Country of subjects Reference No. of CRS patients Mean age or age range of patients Clinical diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance* Clinical diabetes with insulin treatment ICA ICSA IAA Tg or Tm
Australia Menser et al. 1967 [13]  50 25 years  2% 0%
Forrest et al. follow-up 1971 [12]  44 20% 0%
Menser et al. follow-up 1974 [14]  45 40% 0%
Menser et al. follow-up 1978 [4]  45 18% 2%
McIntosh et al. follow-up 1992 [10]  40 50 years 23% 2%
Menser et al. 1974 [14]  87 34 years 16% 5%
Menser et al. 1978 [4] 318  0% 3%
USA Rubinstein et al. 1982 [6] 173 14 years  3% 9%
Ginsberg-Fellner et al. 1985 [15] 242 17 years  6% 6% 20% 34%
McEvoy et al. 1988 [9] 187 17 years  0% 0% 25% 31% 26%
Clarke et al. 1984 [8], Shaver et al. 1985 [20] 201 17 years 21% not reported 0% 23%
Rabinowe et al. 1985 [5]  16 18 years  0% 6% 0% 19%
UK Gumpel 1972 [37], Smithells et al. 1978 [11]  83 3–19 years  0% 0%
Smithells et al. 1978 [11] 482 0–7 years  0% 0·5%
Fine et al. 1985 [38] 605§ up to 40 years  0·3% not reported

Tm = thyroid microsomal antibodies;Tg = thyroglobulin antibodies; ICA = islet cell antibodies; ICSA = islet cell cytotoxic or surface antibodiesi; IAA = insulin autoantibodies.

*

Proportion of all CRS patients, insulin-dependent diabetes not included;

proportion of all CRS patients;

non-diabetic CRS population selected for study;

§

subjects exposed to rubella during pregnancy.