Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the DiPiS study groups at diagnosis

		Studygroup in DiPiS
		A	B	C
n		33	18	78
Age at diagnosis (yrs)	Mean ±SD	6.5±2.6	7.3±3.2	6.5±2.6
Gender (n)	Female	20 (61%)	9 (50%)	38 (49%)
	Male	13 (39%)	9 (50%)	40 (51%)
HLA-DQ (n)	2/8	15 (46%)	6 (33%)	34 (44%)
	8/8, 8/X (X is not 2)	14 (42%)	9 (50%)	18 (23%)
	2/2, 2/X (X is not 8)	3 (9%)	3 (17%)	15 (19%)
	X/X (X is not 2 or 8)	1 (3%)	0	11 (14%)
Autoantibody pos. (n)	GAD65A	24 (73%)	13 (72%)	52 (67%)
	IAA-A	11 (33%)	8 (44%)	33 (42%)
	IA2-A	28 (85%)	13 (72%)	51 (65%)
	ZnT8RA	17 (52%)	8 (44%)	36 (46%)
	ZnT8WA	18 (55%)	8 (44%)	29 (37%)
	ZnT8QA	12 (36%)	5 (28%)	18 (23%)
Antibodycount (n)	Negative	0	0	2 (3%)
	Single	4 (12%)	4 (22%)	12 (15%)
	Multiple	27 (82%)	14 (78%)	60 (77%)
	Missing	2 (6%)	0	4 (5%)