MODY Calculator and Clinical Features Routinely Used to Distinguish MODY From Type 2 Diabetes in Adults Perform Poorly for Youth Clinically Diagnosed With Type 2 Diabetes

What is it about?

Differentiating monogenic diabetes from the more common type 2 diabetes is important, as these diagnoses may have different treatments and risk for complications. Here, we show that tools validated in adults to differentiate type 2 diabetes and monogenic diabetes do not perform well in children with clinician-diagnosed type 2 diabetes. We suggest reasons for this and explore clinical variables that may help identify monogenic diabetes in clinician-diagnosed type 2 diabetes.

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