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Cefalo CMA, Riccio A, Succurro E, Marini MA, Fiorentino TV, Rubino M, Perticone M, Sciacqua A, Andreozzi F, Sesti G. Frequency of prediabetes in individuals with increased adiposity and metabolically healthy or unhealthy phenotypes. Diabetes Obes Metab 2024; 26:3191-3199. [PMID: 38720197 DOI: 10.1111/dom.15646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2024] [Revised: 04/21/2024] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 07/10/2024]
Abstract
AIMS To utilize the estimated glucose disposal rate (eGDR) index of insulin sensitivity, which is based on readily available clinical variables, namely, waist circumference, hypertension and glycated haemoglobin, to discriminate between metabolically healthy and unhealthy phenotypes, and to determine the prevalence of prediabetic conditions. METHODS Non-diabetic individuals (n = 2201) were stratified into quartiles of insulin sensitivity based on eGDR index. Individuals in the upper quartiles of eGDR were defined as having metabolically healthy normal weight (MHNW), metabolically healthy overweight (MHOW) or metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) according to their body mass index, while those in the lower quartiles were classified as having metabolically unhealthy normal weight (MUNW), metabolically unhealthy overweight (MUOW) and metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUO), respectively. RESULTS The frequency of impaired fasting glucose (IFG), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), and IFG + IGT status was comparable among the MHNW, MHOW and MHO groups, while it increased from those with MUNW status towards those with MUOW and MUO status. As compared with participants with MHNW, the odds ratio of having IFG, IGT, or IFG + IGT was significantly higher in participants with MUOW and MUO but not in those with MUNW, MHOW and MHO, respectively. CONCLUSIONS A metabolically healthy phenotype is associated with lower frequency of IFG, IGT, and IFG + IGT status across all body weight categories.
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Affiliation(s)
- Chiara M A Cefalo
- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, University of Rome-Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, University of Rome-Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, University of Rome-Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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Succurro E, Vizza P, Cicone F, Cassano V, Massimino M, Giofrè F, Fiorentino TV, Perticone M, Sciacqua A, Guzzi PH, Veltri P, Andreozzi F, Cascini GL, Sesti G. Sex-specific differences in myocardial glucose metabolic rate in non-diabetic, pre-diabetic and type 2 diabetic subjects. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2024; 23:144. [PMID: 38671460 PMCID: PMC11055246 DOI: 10.1186/s12933-024-02246-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Evidence has shown that women with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) have a higher excess risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) than men with T2DM. Subjects with either T2DM or prediabetes exhibit myocardial insulin resistance, but it is still unsettled whether sex-related differences in myocardial insulin resistance occur in diabetic and prediabetic subjects. METHODS We aimed to evaluate sex-related differences in myocardial glucose metabolic rate (MRGlu), assessed using dynamic PET with 18F-FDG combined with euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp, in subjects with normal glucose tolerance (NGT; n = 20), prediabetes (n = 11), and T2DM (n = 26). RESULTS Women with prediabetes or T2DM exhibited greater relative differences in myocardial MRGlu than men with prediabetes or T2DM when compared with their NGT counterparts. As compared with women with NGT, those with prediabetes exhibited an age-adjusted 35% lower myocardial MRGlu value (P = 0.04) and women with T2DM a 74% lower value (P = 0.006), respectively. Conversely, as compared with men with NGT, men with T2DM exhibited a 40% lower myocardial MRGlu value (P = 0.004), while no significant difference was observed between men with NGT and prediabetes. The statistical test for interaction between sex and glucose tolerance on myocardial MRGlu (P < 0.0001) was significant suggesting a sex-specific association. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that deterioration of glucose homeostasis in women is associated with a greater impairment in myocardial glucose metabolism as compared with men. The sex-specific myocardial insulin resistance could be an important factor responsible for the greater effect of T2DM on the excess risk of cardiovascular disease in women than in men.
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Affiliation(s)
- Elena Succurro
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy.
- Research Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Metabolic Diseases (CR METDIS), University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy
- Research Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Metabolic Diseases (CR METDIS), University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Computer Engineering, Electronics and Systems, University of Calabria, ModelingRende, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy
- Research Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Metabolic Diseases (CR METDIS), University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, University of Rome-Sapienza, 00189, Rome, Italy
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Riccio A, Fortin E, Mellbin L, Norhammar A, Näsman P, Rydén L, Sesti G, Ferrannini G. Sex differences in the association between insulin resistance and non-fatal myocardial infarction across glycaemic states. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2024; 23:25. [PMID: 38218814 PMCID: PMC10787422 DOI: 10.1186/s12933-023-02093-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Females are generally less prone to cardiovascular (CV) events than males, but this protection is trumped by diabetes. The mechanism behind the increased relative risk in females with diabetes is not fully understood. Insulin resistance (IR) is suggested to be a more important contributor to CV morbidity in females than in males. We aim to investigate differences in the association between IR indexes (Homeostatic Model Assessment of IR - HOMA-IR, visceral adiposity index - VAI, and triglycerides/high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol - TG/HDL-C index), and a first non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI) across different glycaemic states. METHODS IR indexes were calculated in a population with (n = 696) and without (n = 707) a first non-fatal MI, free from known diabetes. MI cases were investigated at least six weeks after the event. All participants were categorized by an oral glucose tolerance test as having normal glucose tolerance, impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance, or newly diagnosed diabetes. Comparison of proportion of glycaemic states by sex was tested by chi-square test. The associations between sex, a first non-fatal MI, IR indexes, and traditional CV risk factors were analysed by multivariate logistic regression models. Continuous variables were logarithmically transformed. RESULTS Of the total population 19% were females and 81% males, out of whom 47% and 50% had a first non-fatal MI, respectively. Compared with males, females were older, less often smokers, with lower body mass index and higher total cholesterol and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels. The proportion of glycaemic states did not differ between the sexes (p = 0.06). Females were less insulin resistant than males, especially among cases and with normal glucose tolerance. In logistic regression models adjusted for major CV risk factors including sex, the associations between VAI and TG/HDL-C index and a first non-fatal MI remained significant only in females (odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals: 1.7, 1.0-2.9, and 1.9, 1.1-3.4 respectively). CONCLUSIONS These results support the assumption that IR indexes based on anthropometrics and lipid panel, i.e., VAI and TG/HDL-C, could be a better measure of IR and CV-predictor for non-fatal MI in females, even without glycaemic perturbations.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alessia Riccio
- Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
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- Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
- Heart, Vascular and Neuro Theme, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
- Capio St Görans Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
- Center for safety research, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
- Heart, Vascular and Neuro Theme, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
- Internal Medicine Unit, Södertälje hospital, Södertälje, Sweden
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Cefalo CMA, Succurro E, Riccio A, Marini MA, Fiorentino TV, Perticone M, Sciacqua A, Andreozzi F, Sesti G. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels are associated with first-phase insulin release. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2023; 199:110633. [PMID: 36940794 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2023.110633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2023] [Revised: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 03/23/2023]
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AIMS Prior studies provided evidence that low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol-lowering statins reduce cardiovascular events while conveying an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between LDL levels and both insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion in a cohort of 356 adult first-degree relatives of patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS Insulin sensitivity was assessed by euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp and first-phase insulin secretion was measured by both intravenous glucose tolerance test (IVGTT) and OGTT. RESULTS LDL-cholesterol levels were not independently associated with insulin-stimulated glucose disposal. After adjusting for several potential confounders, LDL-cholesterol concentration exhibited a positive independent association with acute insulin response (AIR) during IVGTT and with the OGTT derived Stumvoll first-phase insulin secretion index. When insulin release was adjusted for the underlying degree of insulin sensitivity, using the disposition index (AIR × insulin-stimulated glucose disposal), β-cell function was significantly associated with LDL-cholesterol levels, even after further adjusting for several potential confounders. CONCLUSIONS The present results suggest that LDL cholesterol is a positive modulator of insulin secretion. The deterioration in glycemic control observed during treatment with statins might thus be explained by an impairment in insulin secretion due to the cholesterol-lowering effect of statins.
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Affiliation(s)
- Chiara M A Cefalo
- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, University of Rome-Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, University of Rome-Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, University of Rome-Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
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