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Atypical diabetes


Browse the latest news, expert commentary, and educational content on atypical forms of diabetes.


Four out of ten

03-10-2023 | Type 1 diabetes | News

Four in 10 US adults with type 1 diabetes diagnosed after 30 years of age

Type 1 diabetes onset may be more common during adulthood than previously thought, which could increase the risk for it being misdiagnosed as type 2 diabetes.

25-09-2023 | Gestational diabetes | News

Gestational diabetes independently linked to increased future mortality risk

Women with a history of gestational diabetes have a significantly increased risk for long-term mortality regardless of whether or not they subsequently developed type 2 diabetes.

20-09-2023 | Latent autoimmune diabetes of adulthood | News

Latent autoimmune diabetes carries mortality and CVD risks comparable to type 2 diabetes

Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults is associated with similar risks for mortality and cardiovascular disease and an increased risk for retinopathy compared with type 2 diabetes.

12-05-2023 | Gestational diabetes | News

Early gestational diabetes intervention improves pregnancy outcomes

Identifying and treating women with gestational diabetes before 20 weeks’ gestation improves their pregnancy outcomes, shows the randomized TOBOGM trial.

Young latin woman pregnant measuring glucose at home (symbolic with model)

05-04-2023 | Gestational diabetes | News

Mild gestational glucose intolerance tied to future type 2 diabetes risk

Impaired glucose tolerance during pregnancy that does not meet the criteria for gestational diabetes nevertheless increases the likelihood that women will later develop type 2 diabetes, a study shows.

20-10-2022 | Gestational diabetes | News

‘Important opportunity’ to avert type 2 diabetes after gestational diabetes

Researchers find that controlling modifiable risk factors limits the risk for developing type 2 diabetes in women with previous gestational diabetes, even if they have overweight or high genetic risk.

23-09-2022 | EASD 2022 | Conference coverage | News

Degree of autoimmunity impacts CVD risk in LADA

Research suggests that people with latent autoimmune diabetes in adults and high levels of glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies have a higher risk for cardiovascular disease than those with lower autoantibody levels.

22-09-2022 | EASD 2022 | Conference coverage | News

Support for tailored genetic counseling in people with incidentally discovered MODY mutations

Mutations in HNF1A and HNF4A are less likely to be associated with a diagnosis of maturity-onset diabetes of the young when discovered incidentally versus in a clinically selected cohort, research suggests.

Close up of a pregnant woman measuring blood sugar level

17-08-2022 | Gestational diabetes | News

Pros and cons with lower vs higher threshold for gestational diabetes diagnosis

Using the lower IADPSG glycemic criteria rather than the HAPO criteria diagnoses more women with gestational diabetes but does not result in fewer babies being born large for gestational age, shows a randomized trial.

Syringe and glucometer on a table - blood sugar in diabetes concept

14-06-2022 | Pathogenesis | News

People with ‘low BMI diabetes’ have a unique metabolic profile

Researchers have characterized an atypical form of diabetes in Indian men with low BMI, which has a unique metabolic profile setting it apart from type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

08-06-2022 | ADA 2022 | Conference coverage | News

First-in-class glucokinase activator dorzagliatin could help treat some GK-MODY patients

Dorzagliatin treatment has increased insulin secretion and improved beta-cell function in patients with glucokinase maturity-onset diabetes of the young, also known as MODY2, in a small phase 1 trial.

07-06-2022 | ADA 2022 | Conference coverage | News

Case series suggests SGLT2 inhibitors could be useful add-on therapy for MODY3

Results from a small case series in Denmark suggest SGLT2 inhibitors could be a useful add-on therapy for people with maturity-onset diabetes of the young.

26-05-2022 | Gestational diabetes | News

Meta-analysis highlights adverse pregnancy outcomes in gestational diabetes

A systematic review and meta-analysis, which adjusted for confounding factors, has shown that gestational diabetes is associated with a range of adverse pregnancy outcomes that vary according to insulin use.

Pregnant woman meeting with nurse

20-04-2022 | Ethnic groups | News

Ethnic minorities hardest hit by increase in adverse gestational diabetes outcomes

Researchers report that the frequency of some adverse gestational diabetes outcomes has risen over recent years in the USA, with women from ethnic minority groups most likely to be affected.