GAD was positive in 55.5% of the T1D and in 2% of the control participants. In T1D participants < 15 years, 86.1% were GAD positive.***These results suggest that most of this group of recently diagnosed T1D individuals may have the similar autoimmune signature as classical T1D in western countries especially those younger than 15 years. Here, GAD1 is linked to type 1 diabetes mellitus.