| Study | Reason for exclusion |
|---|---|
| Alvarsson 2003 | Not LADA. Type 2 diabetes. Antibody positive patients were excluded. |
| Berkis 2007 | Administration of rhGAD65 for specific autoimmune response. No clinical intervention. |
| Bjork 1996 | Not LADA. Type 1 (classical) diabetes. Patients were insulin dependent at diagnosis. |
| Chaillous 2000 | Not LADA. Type 1 (classical) diabetes. Mainly children. |
| Conget 2005 | Not LADA. Type 1 (classical) diabetes. Insulin dependent at diagnosis, due to hyperglycaemia, ketosis or diabetic ketoacidosis. |
| DCCT Group 1998 | Not LADA. Type 1 (classical) diabetes. |
| Desai 2007 | LADA but not an intervention study |
| Desai 2008 | LADA but not an intervention study |
| E‐Longmire 2004 | Numbers of antibody positive patients treated or followed‐up could not be identified. Contact with authors unsuccessful. |
| Goday 1993 | Not LADA. Type 1 (classical) diabetes. |
| Heise 2005 | Not LADA. Type 1 (classical) diabetes. |
| Karges 2004 | Not LADA. Type 1 (classical) diabetes. Case study. |
| Kobayashi 2002 | Republication of findings in Kobayashi 1996 and Maruyama 2003. No new findings. |
| Leslie 1996 | No intervention. Review. |
| Leslie 2008 | No intervention. Review |
| Linn 1996 | Not LADA. Type 1 (classical) diabetes. |
| Littorin 1999 | No intervention. Observational study. |
| Loriz Peralta 2007 | Observational study |
| Martin 1991 | Not LADA. Type 1 (classical) diabetes. |
| Matsumoto 2005 | Case study. |
| Mattews 1998 | Not LADA. Type 2 diabetes with no antibodies tested. |
| Mayorov A 2005 | Not LADA. Type 2 diabetes. |
| Murao 2008 | LADA but not an intervention study |
| Ovalle 2004 | Not LADA. Type 2 diabetes. No antibodies tested. |
| Pozzilli 1997 | Not LADA. Type 1 (classical) diabetes. |
| Pozzilli 2000 | Not LADA. Type 1 (classical) diabetes. |
| Pugliese 2003 | Not LADA. No intervention. |
| Ravnik‐Oblak 1995 | Not LADA. Type 2 diabetes. No antibodies tested. |
| Raz 2007 | Not LADA. Type 1 diabetes (ketones) |
| Rosario 2007 | LADA. Observational. |
| Sa 2003 | Before and after study with no control arm. |
| Schloot 2007 | Not LADA. Type 1 in adults and paediatrics |
| Schories 2004 | Not LADA. Type 1 (classical) diabetes. |
| Scranton 2004 | LADA but no mention of antibody positivity in the selection criteria. |
| Secchi 1990 | Not LADA. Type 1 (classical) diabetes. |
| Steffes 2003 | Not LADA. Type 1 (classical) diabetes. No intervention. |
| Stenstrom 2005 | Review, not a primary study. |
| Takino 1998 | Not an intervention study. Commentary only. |
| Turner 1997 | No intervention. |
| van Deutekom 2007 | LADA systematic review |
| Vidal 2000 | Not LADA. Type 1 (classical) diabetes. |
| Weng 2008 | Type 2 diabetes with no autoantibody testing |
| Zinman 2004 | Not an intervention study. Observational study results. |
LADA: latent autoimmune diabetes in adults