A follow up of J-type diabetes in Jamaica (abstract only)

ABSTRACT

In 1955 Hugh Jones described a pattern of behaviour in the Jamaican diabetic which fitted neither of the two main types. The subjects were under 40 years of age, underweight, insulin resistant and in the absence of insulin seldom developed ketosis. These he designated Type "J". The original 13 cases and 11 additional cases have been followed up and a number have been subjected to specific investigations. Evidence is presented that "J" type diabetes is a phase in the course of the Type 11 patient and it is not a specific variant of the diabetic syndrome (AU)