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. 2021 Oct 5;118(41):e2107208118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2107208118

Table 3.

Demographic and immunologic characteristics of study participants with preproinsulin ELISPOT assays

New-onset T1D [n = 30] Non-diabetic [n = 18] P value*
Age, years 0.269
 Mean (SD) 15.0 (6.1) 17.5 (9.0)
 Median 13.4 14.5
 Range 5.1 to 30.9 4.8 to 31.5
Gender 0.127
 Female % [number] 27% [n = 8] 50% [n = 9]
Race/Ethnicity 0.293
 Non-Hispanic White 80% [n = 27] 88% [n = 16]
 Non-Hispanic Black 10% [n = 3] 0% [n = 0]
 Hispanic 10% [n = 3] 6% [n = 1]
 Asian 0% [n = 0] 6% [n = 1]
Diabetes duration, days
 Mean (SD) 3.5 (4.0) NA
 Median 3.0 NA
 Range 0 to 21 NA
Islet autoantibodies, % [number]
 Insulin 47% [n = 14] NA
 GAD65 70% [n = 21] NA
 IA-2 67% [n = 20] NA
 ZnT8 63% [n = 19] NA
 Positive for ≥1, % [number] 87% [n = 26] NA
HLA-A*02:01, % [number] 0.546
 Present 62% [n = 18] 50% [n = 9]
 Absent 38% [n = 11] 50% [n = 9]

SD = SD, NA = not applicable, GAD65 = glutamic acid decarboxylase 65, IA-2 = insulinoma antigen-2, ZnT8 = zinc transporter 8

*

P values for continuous variables use Student’s t test, categorical variables use Fisher’s exact test.