Genetic factors are important in the aetiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus:
Susceptibilty genes identified include:
Specific single gene mutations have been identified for rare familial forms of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. The proportion of type 2 diabetes (NIDDM) patients with any of these mutations is between 1% & 5% (1).
Latent autoimmune diabetes of adults (LADA) is classified as a form of type 2 diabetes (1).
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