Table 2.
Type 1 diabetic patients | n | RIA (+) | ELISA (+) | Agreement | κ statistics (95% CI) |
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Fulminant type 1 diabetes | 38 | 0 (0%) | 2 (5%) | 94.7% | 0.000 (0.000–0.000) |
Acute‐onset type 1 diabetes | 168 | 85 (51%) | 77 (46%) | 89.3% | 0.786 (0.693–0.879) |
SPIDDM | 137 | 42 (31%) | 37 (27%) | 90.5% | 0.769 (0.651–0.888) |
CI, confidence interval; ELISA, enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay; RIA, radioimmunoassay; SPIDDM, slowly‐progressive type 1 diabetes.