Insulin Autoantibody - In patients who have not yet been treated with insulin but have symptoms suggestive of diabetes or a genetic predisposition based on family history, this test can be used to 1) distinguish among type 1 diabetes mellitus (autoimmune), type 2 diabetes mellitus, and atypical forms of diabetes, such as latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA); or 2) to evaluate risk of future type 1 diabetes. This test may also be useful when evaluating patients for very rare autoimmune hypoglycemic syndrome. In patients who have already been treated with insulin, insulin autoantibodies are usually of no clinical significance. Therefore, insulin antibody testing is generally not indicated for these patients.
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