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Thursday, September 2, 2010

hs-CRP successfully identifies MODY-3 80% of the Time: Good Screening Test

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People with MODY-3 have been found to have very low Cardiac Specific C-Reactive Protein. (hs-CRP) with the mean of 0.20 mg/l and a range of 0.03 to 1.14 mg/l. This may actually be a cheap and effective screening test for this specific form of MODY as it appears to identify 80% of people with diabetes who actually have MODY. Hs-CRP in people with MODY 2, however, is very close to that of people with regular Type 2 diabetes.

Assessment of High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Levels as Diagnostic Discriminator of Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young Due to HNF1A MutationsKatharine R. Owen, et al. Diabetes Care September 2010 vol. 33 no. 9 1919-1924 doi: 10.2337/dc10-0288

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