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Serum uric acid and insulin sensitivity in adolescents and adults with and without type 1 diabetes
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Serum uric acid and insulin sensitivity in adolescents and adults with and without type 1 diabetes

Petter Bjornstad, Janet K. Snell-Bergeon, Kimberly McFann, R. Paul Wadwa, Marian Rewers, Christopher J. Rivard, Diana Jalal, Michel B. Chonchol, Richard J. Johnson and David M. Maahs
Journal of diabetes and its complications, Vol.28(3), pp.298-304
05/01/2014
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2013.12.007
PMCID: PMC4004676
PMID: 24461546

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Abstract

Hypothesis: Decreased insulin sensitivity (IS) exists in type 1 diabetes. Serum uric acid (SUA), whose concentration is related to renal clearance, predicts vascular complications in type 1 diabetes. SUA is also inversely associated with IS in non-diabetics, but has not been examined in type 1 diabetes. We hypothesized SUA would be associated with reduced IS in adolescents and adults with type 1 diabetes. Methods: The cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of SUA with IS were investigated in 254 adolescents with type 1 diabetes and 70 without in the Determinants of Macrovascular Disease in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Study, and in 471 adults with type 1 diabetes and 571 without in the Coronary Artery Calcification in Type 1 diabetes (CACTI) study. Results: SUA was lower in subjects with type 1 diabetes (p < 0.0001), but still remained inversely associated with IS after multivariable adjustments in adolescents (beta +/- SE: -1.99 +/- 0.62, p = 0.001, R-2 = 2%) and adults (beta +/- SE: -0.91 +/- 0.33, p = 0.006, R-2 = 6%) with type 1 diabetes, though less strongly than in nondiabetic controls (adolescents: beta +/- SE: -2.70 +/- 1.19, p = 0.03, R-2 = 15%, adults: beta +/- SE: -5.99 +/- 0.75, p < 0.0001, R-2 = 39%). Conclusion: We demonstrated a significantly weaker relationship between SUA and reduced IS in subjects with type 1 diabetes than non-diabetic controls. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Endocrinology & Metabolism Life Sciences & Biomedicine Science & Technology

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