My GAD result.

[Kiwigal]

Hello there,

I have asked my GP to do GAD test. (I'm still waiting for C Peptides results)

My results is.
GAD abs <10 IU/mL
IA2 abs <10 IU/mL
Znt8 abs <15 U/mL

It looks like an high end of normal but seems to be borderline to be positive for Type 1/LADA?

I will be taking my GAD test to Diabetes Educator next week.

 

[ert]

Hello there,

I have asked my GP to do GAD test. (I'm still waiting for C Peptides results)

My results is.
GAD abs <10 IU/mL
IA2 abs <10 IU/mL
Znt8 abs <15 U/mL

It looks like an high end of normal but seems to be borderline to be positive for Type 1/LADA?

I will be taking my GAD test to Diabetes Educator next week.

The results confirm you're negative for antibodies. The less than sign doesn't support a value. It just means the antibodies aren't detectable below this value which is classed as negative.

 

[Rokaab]

Yeah I think those just say you're less than those values, doesn't say what exactly your values were, so you cant say whether you were close or not to those values

 

[Daibell]

The C-Peptide is more important than GAD as there are other causes of beta cell failure than antibodies e.g. viruses.

 

[Kiwigal]

Thank you all for your responses.

Negative GAD results for now, will do another GAD test in the future. If anything changes.

Still waiting for fast C Peptide blood test results.

 

[ert]

Thank you all for your responses.

Negative GAD results for now, will do another GAD test in the future. If anything changes.

Still waiting for fast C Peptide blood test results.

The c-peptide will be useful to see how much insulin you are producing. Are you newly diagnosed?

 

[Kiwigal]

The c-peptide will be useful to see how much insulin you are producing. Are you newly diagnosed?

Yes, I was diagnosed back on 1st July this year.

 

[Kiwigal]

I just got my C-peptide fasting result back: 1.31 nmol/L.

Normal range for now. Will keep it as an record if C-peptide ever changes in future blood tests.

Fun times of feeling ****** nauseous being an diabetic. Esp it is an beginning of the journey.

 

[ert]

I just got my C-peptide fasting result back: 1.31 nmol/L.

Normal range for now. Will keep it as an record if C-peptide ever changes in future blood tests.

Fun times of feeling ****** nauseous being an diabetic. Esp it is an beginning of the journey.

Your c-peptide is really high and would support insulin resistance and type 2. The fasting range is: : 0.26-0.62 nmol/L and 1.31 is above the normal range.

Converting to pmol/L so you can read the attached chart used by the Exeter University diabetes team who run the nationwide c-peptide trials: yours is 1310 pmol/L. The cut off for type 2 fasting is greater than 250 pmol/L and you are way above that.

https://unitslab.com/node/111
https://www.exeterlaboratory.com/test/c-peptide-plasma/