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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/136663| Title: | Prevalence of maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY) in Malta |
| Authors: | Caruana, Ruth Thornton, B. Pace Moore, G. Abela, L. Borg Xuereb, K. Baldacchino, Ian Pace, Nikolai Paul Vassallo, Josanne |
| Keywords: | Diabetes in youth -- Diagnosis -- Malta -- Case studies Type 2 diabetes -- Malta Diabetes -- Genetic aspects Genetic screening -- Malta Endocrine genetics |
| Issue Date: | 2018 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta. Medical School |
| Citation: | Caruana, R., Thornton, B., Pace Moore, G., Abela, L., Borg Xuereb, K., Baldacchino, I.,…Vassallo, J. (2018). Prevalence of maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY) in Malta. Malta Medical Journal, 30(S), 91-92. |
| Abstract: | Introduction: Recent studies highlight that up to
1-2% of patients diagnosed as having Type 1, Type 2 and
Gestational Diabetes may actually suffer from atypical
non autoimmune forms of diabetes mellitus (DM)
including MODY. This retrospective, population based
study attempts to estimate the prevalence of MODY in the
Maltese population. Methods: The medical records of 908 patients with diabetes born after 1965 ie 50 years of age and diagnosed at age 35 or younger were retrieved from hospital based medical records. A validated MODY probability calculator was used on those subjects who had a complete data set. The MODY calculator used is found online on https:// www.diabetesgenes.org/mody-probability-calculator. Positive predictive value (PPV) of 25% was selected as the basis to invite subjects for genetic studies. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/136663 |
| ISSN: | 18133339 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SMed |
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