Abstract
Objective: We investigated the association of circulating fetuin-A with incident T2D particularly examining potential sex differences. Additionally, we determined whether putative associations were independent of subclinical inflammation, adiponectin and liver fat content. Design: Case-cohort study plus systematic meta-analysis. Methods: We investigated the association between baseline fetuin-A levels and incident T2D in the MONICA/KORA Augsburg study using Cox proportional hazards analyses. Furthermore, we conducted a systematic review within PubMed and EMBASE and pooled association estimates of eligible studies with the MONICA/KORA Augsburg data using a DerSimonian-Laird random effects model. Results: Within MONICA/KORA Augsburg, 930 participants developed incident T2D (median follow-up: 14 years). We observed a significant association between fetuin-A and T2D risk after multivariable adjustment including C-reactive protein and adiponectin. The strength of the association was similar in males and females (P value for sex interaction >0.55). Seven eligible published studies were identified in addition to the MONICA/KORA Augsburg study for the meta-analysis. The pooled hazard ratio (95% CI) for incident T2D per 1 standard deviation (S.D.) increment of fetuin-A was 1.24 (1.14-1.34) for the multivariable adjusted model. Our sex-stratified meta-analysis yielded relative risk estimates per 1 S.D. of 1.19 (1.04-1.38) in males and 1.29 (1.15-1.46) in females. Further individual adjustment for subclinical inflammation, adiponectin and liver fat content had almost no impact on the strength of the association. Conclusions: Higher fetuin-A levels are associated with incident T2D in both males and females independently of subclinical inflammation, adiponectin and liver fat content.
Dokumententyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
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Fakultät: | Medizin > Institut für Medizinische Informationsverarbeitung, Biometrie und Epidemiologie |
Themengebiete: | 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
ISSN: | 0804-4643 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Dokumenten ID: | 62907 |
Datum der Veröffentlichung auf Open Access LMU: | 19. Jul. 2019, 12:11 |
Letzte Änderungen: | 04. Nov. 2020, 13:40 |