Family history of diabetes in both parents is strongly associated with impaired residual β-cell function in Japanese type 2 diabetes patients.
Minoru IwataYutaka KamuraHisae HonokiKaori KobayashiManabu IshikiKunimasa YagiYasuo FukushimaAtsuko TakanoHiromi KatoShihou MurakamiKiyohiro HiguchiChikaaki KobashiKazuhito FukudaYukiko KoshimizuKazuyuki TobePublished in: Journal of diabetes investigation (2019)
Our results showed that in type 2 diabetes patients, the degree of the associations between FHD and clinical characteristics differs according to the number and the type of FHD. In particular, FHD in both parents is most strongly associated with impaired residual β-cell function.