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. 2022 Sep 19;45(10):2271–2281. doi: 10.2337/dc21-2612

Table 3.

Association between factors and risk of progression from single autoantibody to multiple autoantibodies and from multiple autoantibodies to type 1 diabetes

Factor Comparison Single autoantibody to multiple autoantibodies Multiple ab+ to type 1 diabetes, overall (n/N = 283/480)
Overall (n/N = 346/701) Subgroup by autoantibody at seroconversion
IAA-first (n/N = 167/308) GADA-first (n/N = 168/370)
HR (95% CI) P HR (95% CI) P HR (95% CI) P HR (95% CI) P
Autoantibody at seroconversion IA-2A vs. GADA 1.12 (0.57, 2.22) 0.736
IAA vs. GADA 1.00 (0.77, 1.29) 0.992
Initial ab Multiple vs. single ab+ 1.91 (1.42, 2.56) <0.001
Age (years) at seroconversion* 0.65 (0.57, 0.75) <0.001 0.63 (0.51, 0.77) <0.001 0.64 (0.52, 0.80) <0.001 0.62 (0.51, 0.75) <0.001
Sex Male vs. female 1.04 (0.82, 1.31) 0.752 1.04 (0.72, 1.51) 0.823 0.89 (0.63, 1.26) 0.505 0.63 (0.49, 0.83) 0.001
Family history FDR father vs. GP 1.42 (1.00, 2.01) 0.049 1.52 (0.91, 2.54) 0.111 1.35 (0.80, 2.27) 0.260 0.99 (0.65, 1.51) 0.970
FDR sibling vs. GP 1.73 (1.05, 2.85) 0.031 1.97 (1.01, 3.86) 0.047 0.97 (0.32, 2.97) 0.958 1.36 (0.77, 2.39) 0.290
FDR mother vs. GP 1.50 (0.83, 2.71) 0.182 1.81 (0.70, 4.65) 0.219 1.37 (0.60, 3.12) 0.460 1.55 (0.88, 2.74) 0.127
HLA genotype DR3/4 vs. DR3/3 2.63 (1.75, 3.94) <0.001 5.42 (1.66, 17.67) 0.005 2.44 (1.52, 3.92) <0.001 1.12 (0.66, 1.89) 0.680
DR4/4 vs. DR3/3 2.28 (1.44, 3.60) <0.001 5.82 (1.74, 19.48) 0.004 1.84 (1.03, 3.30) 0.041 1.00 (0.56, 1.79) 0.987
DR4/8 vs. DR3/3 1.80 (1.09, 2.96) 0.021 3.93 (1.17, 13.22) 0.027 1.93 (0.95, 3.93) 0.070 0.89 (0.48, 1.67) 0.724
FDR specific vs. DR3/3 2.09 (0.98, 4.47) 0.057 4.74 (1.16, 19.40) 0.030 3.82 (0.80, 18.18) 0.092 1.37 (0.59, 3.16) 0.458
Country Finland vs. U.S. 1.29 (0.84, 1.97) 0.246 1.62 (0.89, 2.94) 0.113 1.22 (0.61, 2.40) 0.575 1.02 (0.63, 1.67) 0.931
Germany vs. U.S. 0.69 (0.40, 1.18) 0.177 0.75 (0.36, 1.56) 0.447 0.71 (0.27, 1.90) 0.496 1.24 (0.72, 2.14) 0.432
Sweden vs. U.S. 0.69 (0.52, 0.93) 0.014 0.74 (0.46, 1.18) 0.202 0.69 (0.46, 1.05) 0.081 0.82 (0.59, 1.16) 0.266
rs689_A (INS) 0.70 (0.56, 0.88) 0.002 0.83 (0.58, 1.18) 0.292 0.62 (0.44, 0.86) 0.005 1.05 (0.81, 1.36) 0.704
rs2476601_A (PTPN22) 1.31 (1.05, 1.63) 0.017 1.08 (0.79, 1.49) 0.631 1.79 (1.30, 2.47) <0.001 1.15 (0.88, 1.51) 0.307
rs3184504_T (SH2B3) 0.98 (0.84, 1.15) 0.809 0.91 (0.71, 1.17) 0.467 1.08 (0.85, 1.38) 0.531 1.02 (0.85, 1.22) 0.834
rs12708716_G (CLEC16A) 0.88 (0.73, 1.05) 0.157 0.80 (0.59, 1.07) 0.126 0.98 (0.74, 1.29) 0.864 1.19 (0.97, 1.45) 0.095
rs2292239_T (ERBB3) 1.12 (0.94, 1.34) 0.212 1.08 (0.80, 1.46) 0.633 1.12 (0.87, 1.44) 0.397 1.08 (0.89, 1.31) 0.444
rs763361_A (CD226) 0.86 (0.73, 1.01) 0.070 0.84 (0.67, 1.07) 0.158 1.00 (0.78, 1.29) 1.000 1.12 (0.92, 1.35) 0.265
rs1990760_G (IFIH1) 0.99 (0.83, 1.18) 0.928 1.22 (0.93, 1.59) 0.145 0.87 (0.67, 1.12) 0.282 1.12 (0.92, 1.37) 0.255
rs11203203_A (UBASH3A) 1.19 (1.01, 1.40) 0.041 1.01 (0.77, 1.33) 0.930 1.35 (1.06, 1.72) 0.014 1.05 (0.87, 1.27) 0.613
rs4948088_A (COBL) 0.83 (0.52, 1.33) 0.440 1.01 (0.47, 2.20) 0.977 0.77 (0.41, 1.45) 0.418 1.27 (0.77, 2.09) 0.343
rs2327832_G (TNFAIP3) 0.91 (0.74, 1.13) 0.419 0.81 (0.58, 1.12) 0.199 0.98 (0.70, 1.37) 0.904 1.40 (1.12, 1.74) 0.003
rs7202877_C (CTRB2) 1.00 (0.79, 1.27) 0.999 0.96 (0.68, 1.34) 0.805 1.13 (0.78, 1.64) 0.512 1.13 (0.86, 1.47) 0.382
rs11258747_A (PRKCQ) 1.10 (0.92, 1.33) 0.298 1.14 (0.86, 1.51) 0.365 1.04 (0.80, 1.36) 0.749 0.96 (0.78, 1.18) 0.713
rs12251307_A (RBM17, IL2RA) 0.68 (0.51, 0.90) 0.007 0.81 (0.54, 1.22) 0.314 0.61 (0.39, 0.94) 0.026 1.03 (0.77, 1.39) 0.839
rs11755527_C (BACH2) 1.11 (0.94, 1.30) 0.224 1.44 (1.12, 1.84) 0.004 0.92 (0.72, 1.19) 0.546 0.85 (0.70, 1.03) 0.101
rs7804356_G (SKAP2) 0.87 (0.71, 1.07) 0.189 0.92 (0.68, 1.23) 0.574 0.72 (0.52, 0.98) 0.038 1.26 (1.01, 1.58) 0.043
rs12444268_A 1.25 (1.05, 1.50) 0.014 1.45 (1.09, 1.92) 0.010 1.08 (0.83, 1.40) 0.557 0.88 (0.71, 1.08) 0.219
rs1534422_G (MIR3681HG) 0.90 (0.76, 1.06) 0.192 0.73 (0.56, 0.94) 0.016 0.91 (0.71, 1.16) 0.428 1.32 (1.09, 1.60) 0.005
rs3825932_A (CTSH) 0.92 (0.78, 1.08) 0.306 0.83 (0.65, 1.06) 0.139 1.01 (0.80, 1.29) 0.907 0.76 (0.62, 0.93) 0.007
rs1004446_A (INS) 0.91 (0.75, 1.09) 0.304 0.85 (0.64, 1.13) 0.263 1.09 (0.82, 1.46) 0.554 0.81 (0.65, 1.00) 0.053
PC1 1.17 (0.95, 1.45) 0.137 1.03 (0.78, 1.36) 0.838 1.42 (0.99, 2.03) 0.059 0.77 (0.60, 0.99) 0.044
PC2 1.19 (0.98, 1.45) 0.075 1.30 (1.04, 1.63) 0.024 1.10 (0.78, 1.54) 0.597 0.94 (0.75, 1.19) 0.604

Adjusted HRs were estimated from multivariable proportional hazards models. ab, autoantibody; Multiple ab+, positive for multiple autoantibodies; Multiple vs. single ab+, positive for multiple autoantibodies or a single autoantibody.

*

Age at seroconversion was log-transformed.

PC1 and PC2 were the top two principal components estimated from the Immunochip data. GP, general population (i.e., no affected first-degree relative).