Patent ID: 8594949

Claim:
A method for differentiating between and treating type 1 and type 2 diabetes in pediatric and adolescent subjects, the method comprising the steps of: (a) obtaining a sample from the subject; (b) determining the amount of adiponectin and the amount of leptin in the sample; (c) calculating a ratio of the amount of adiponectin and the amount of leptin in the sample; (d) correlating the ratio with the presence of type 1 diabetes or type 2 diabetes; (e) diagnosing either type 1 or type 2 diabetes; and (f) based on the diagnosis of step (e), treating the patient for either type 1 or type 2 diabetes, wherein a ratio of the amount of adiponectin in micrograms/ml to the amount of leptin in nanograms/ml in the sample equaling less than approximately 0.9 is indicative of type 2 diabetes in the subject; and wherein the subject has a BMI greater than 85 th percentile.