摘要
To the Editor：Diabetes caused by mitochondrial tRNALeu（UUR） A3243G mutation is one of the most common types ofmitochondrial diabetes mellitus （MDM）.Seventeen years ago,we reported that the prevalence of MDM was 0.4％ in clinically diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus （T2DM） patients （n =716）.[1] Recently,we reviewed all the studies reporting MDM cases from grade three and first-class hospitals in China （unpublished） and found that the prevalence of MDM in a pooled randomly selected T2DM population was 0.64％.MDM patients are usually characterized by early age at diagnosis,low beta-cell function,and lack of obesity,insulin resistance,and autoantibodies associated with type 1 diabetes mellitus （T1DM）.
To the Editor：Diabetes caused by mitochondrial tRNALeu（UUR） A3243G mutation is one of the most common types ofmitochondrial diabetes mellitus （MDM）.Seventeen years ago,we reported that the prevalence of MDM was 0.4％ in clinically diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus （T2DM） patients （n =716）.[1] Recently,we reviewed all the studies reporting MDM cases from grade three and first-class hospitals in China （unpublished） and found that the prevalence of MDM in a pooled randomly selected T2DM population was 0.64％.MDM patients are usually characterized by early age at diagnosis,low beta-cell function,and lack of obesity,insulin resistance,and autoantibodies associated with type 1 diabetes mellitus （T1DM）.
