Latent autoimmune diabetes

Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) is similar to both type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. Like type 1 diabetes, LADA is an autoimmune disease of the pancreas. This means the body's immune system attacks the cells in the pancreas that are supposed to make insulin. But LADA is also like type 2 diabetes, because it causes insulin resistance.^[1] This means that insulin does not work as well as it should in a person's body.

Most people with latent autoimmune diabetes are thin or skinny or have a normal BMI, although some are overweight to slightly obese.^[2][1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Pozzilli, Paolo; Di Mario, Umberto (2001). "Autoimmune Diabetes Not Requiring Insulin at Diagnosis (Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of the Adult)". Diabetes Care. 24 (8): 1460–1467. doi:10.2337/diacare.24.8.1460. PMID 11473087. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
2. ↑ LADA/Insulin Resistance (Report). Diabetes Health. Archived from the original on January 14, 2010. Retrieved April 10, 2010.