A type of diabetes, usually first diagnosed after age 30, in which people show signs of both type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. Most people with lada still produce their own insulin when first diagnosed and do not require insulin injections. Some experts believe that lada is a slowly developing kind of type 1 diabetes because patients have antibodies against the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. Several years after diagnosis, people with lada must take insulin to control blood glucose levels.