C-peptide test can help in the correct diagnosis and treatment of diabetes. This simple and cheap test can differentiate between Type-1 and Type-2 diabetes, as well as other genetic forms of diabetes.

What is the role of C peptide in managing uncontrolled type 2 diabetes? —Ndukwe H. Odeluga, MD, Bakersfield, Calif. Cleaved from proinsulin to make mature insulin, C peptide can be considered a ...

Some patients who have had type 1 diabetes for decades can still produce C-peptide and respond to hyperglycemia, suggesting residual β-cell function.

Using a more convenient, cheaper C-peptide test a few years after diagnosis of type 1 diabetes can help pinpoint occasional patients who have been misdiagnosed.

Higher C-peptide levels were associated with increased mortality among strata of glycated hemoglobin and fasting serum glucose. Interpretation: We found an association between serum C-peptide levels ...

Older children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes who received intensive diabetes management with automated insulin delivery had no difference in pancreatic C-peptide levels compared with ...

Once-daily oral verapamil may help preserve stimulated C-peptide secretion for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes, according to a study published in JAMA. In findings from a randomized ...

Although ‘lean type 2 diabetes’ is not uncommon, clinicians must first exclude other causes including autoimmune, monogenic, ...

C-peptide is able to stratify response to an expensive therapy in insulin-treated diabetes meaning the test can identify individuals who will not benefit from this drug.

University Hospital of Wales introduced C-peptide testing to re-evaluate patients diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.

Singer Lance Bass is among the people who have shared their story about a diabetes diagnosis that was later found to be Type ...

This randomized, multicenter study of children and adolescents with new-onset type 1 diabetes (T1D) investigated the effect on glucose control of a closed-loop system, using C-peptide levels to ...