in this study , we found that the ratio of proinsulin to total immunoreactive insulin was much higher in 22 patients with type 2 ( non-insulin-dependent ) diabetes mellitus than in 28 non-diabetic control subjects of similar age and adiposity ( 32 +/- 3 vs 15 +/- 1 % , p less than 0.001 ) .
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