Clinical Study

Occurrence of Type 1 Diabetes in Graves' Disease Patients Who Are Positive for Antiglutamic Acid Decarboxylase Antibodies: An 8-Year Followup Study

Table 1

Prevalence of GAD antibodies in Graves’ patients who had not been diagnosed with diabetes at the study start.

Patient numberGADA(+)(%)

Graves’ disease158106.3
untreated 50 24.0
treated108 87.4

Difference of prevalence is not statistically significant.