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Hemoglobin A1C can differentiate subjects with GCK mutations among patients suspected to have MODY

  • Ceren Yılmaz Uzman EMAIL logo , İbrahim Mert Erbaş ORCID logo , Özlem Giray Bozkaya , Ahu Paketçi , Ahmet Okay Çağlayan , Ayhan Abacı , Melike Ataseven Kulalı , Ece Böber , Arda Kekilli , Tayfun Çinleti , Murat Derya Erçal and Korcan Demir ORCID logo
Published/Copyright: October 5, 2022

Abstract

Objectives

The aim of this study is to determine the clinical and molecular characteristics enabling differential diagnosis in a group of Turkish children clinically diagnosed with MODY and identify the cut-off value of HbA1c, which can distinguish patients with GCK variants from young-onset type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Methods

The study included 49 patients from 48 unrelated families who were admitted between 2018 and 2020 with a clinical diagnosis of MODY. Clinical and laboratory characteristics of the patients at the time of the diagnosis were obtained from hospital records. Variant analysis of ten MODY genes was performed using targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) panel and the variants were classified according to American Collage of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) Standards and Guidelines recommendations.

Results

A total of 14 (28%) pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants were detected among 49 patients. 11 variants in GCK and 3 variants in HNF1A genes were found. We identified four novel variants in GCK gene. Using ROC analysis, we found that best cut-off value of HbA1c at the time of diagnosis for predicting the subjects with a GCK variant among patients suspected to have MODY was 6.95% (sensitivity 90%, specificity 86%, AUC 0.89 [95% CI: 0.783–1]). Most of the cases without GCK variant (33/38 [86%]) had an HbA1c value above this cutoff value. We found that among participants suspected of having MODY, family history, HbA1c at the time of diagnosis, and not using insulin therapy were the most differentiating variables of patients with GCK variants.

Conclusions

Family history, HbA1c at the time of diagnosis, and not receiving insulin therapy were found to be the most distinguishing variables of patients with GCK variants among subjects suspected to have MODY.


Corresponding author: Ceren Yilmaz Uzman, Department of Pediatric Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylül University, Dr. Behcet Uz Children’s Hospital, İzmir, Turkey, Phone: +90 232 411 36 19, E-mail:

  1. Research funding: None declared.

  2. Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.

  3. Competing interests: Authors state no conflict of interest.

  4. Informed consent: Informed consent was obtained from all individuals included in this study.

  5. Ethical approval: Samples from the patients were obtained in accordance with the Helsinki Declarations. Written informed consent for genetic testing, publication of other medical information, and photographs was obtained from all patients and/or their parents/guardians. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Dokuz Eylül University of Medicine (date: December 8, 2021, number:2021/34-4).

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Received: 2022-08-02
Accepted: 2022-09-13
Published Online: 2022-10-05
Published in Print: 2022-12-16

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