{"title":"Retraction: Circulating long non-coding RNAs NKILA, NEAT1, MALAT1, and MIAT expression and their association in type 2 diabetes mellitus.","authors":"","doi":"10.1136/bmjdrc-2020-001821.ret","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjdrc-2020-001821.ret","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9151,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143063767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
John Stuart Pemberton, Zhide Fang, Stuart A Chalew, Suma Uday
{"title":"Ethnic disparities in HbA1c and hypoglycemia among youth with type 1 diabetes: beyond access to technology, social deprivation and mean blood glucose.","authors":"John Stuart Pemberton, Zhide Fang, Stuart A Chalew, Suma Uday","doi":"10.1136/bmjdrc-2024-004369","DOIUrl":"10.1136/bmjdrc-2024-004369","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The UK national pediatric diabetes audit reports higher HbA1c for children and young people (CYP) with type 1 diabetes (T1D) of Black ethnicity compared with White counterparts. This is presumably related to higher mean blood glucose (MBG) due to lower socioeconomic status (SES) and less access to technology. We aimed to determine if HbA1c ethnic disparity persists after accounting for the above variables.</p><p><strong>Research design and methods: </strong>A retrospective analysis of participants who received structured education in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) use was conducted at a tertiary center. HbA1c was paired with glucose metrics from 90-day CGM data. The influence of ethnicity, SES determined by Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), MBG and other covariates on HbA1c was evaluated using multiple variable regression analysis. Occurrence of hypoglycemia was evaluated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 168 (79 White, 61 South Asian, 28 Black) CYP with T1D were included. There were no differences between groups for age, MBG, time in range (3.9-10.0 mmol/L), diabetes duration, gender, insulin delivery method (multiple daily injections vs continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion), or percent sensor use (PSU). In multiple variable analysis, MBG (p<0.0001), ethnicity (p<0.0001), age (p<0.001), duration of diabetes (p<0.01) and PSU (p<0.05) accounted for 81% of the variability in HbA1c. Adjusted HbA1c in the Black group (67 mmol/mol) was higher than both South Asian (63 mmol/mol) and White groups (62 mmol/mol) (p<0.001). Despite significant IMD differences between groups, it did not influence HbA1c. Multiple variable analysis showed that the Black group experienced more hypoglycemia than South Asian and White groups (<3.9 and <3.0 mmol/L, p<0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>CYP from Black ethnic backgrounds have a higher HbA1c compared with their South Asian and White counterparts which is clinically significant and independent of MBG, potentially contributing to increased complications risk. Additionally, the Black group experienced a higher incidence of hypoglycemia, possibly due to a treat-to-HbA1c target approach.</p>","PeriodicalId":9151,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11784428/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143036972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zarin Abdullah, Ying Cui, Robert W Platt, Christel Renoux, Laurent Azoulay, Chenjie Xia, Oriana Hoi Yun Yu
{"title":"Association between use of sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitor and the risk of incident dementia: a population-based cohort study.","authors":"Zarin Abdullah, Ying Cui, Robert W Platt, Christel Renoux, Laurent Azoulay, Chenjie Xia, Oriana Hoi Yun Yu","doi":"10.1136/bmjdrc-2024-004541","DOIUrl":"10.1136/bmjdrc-2024-004541","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To assess the association between sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitor (SGLT-2i) use and the risk of incident dementia compared with dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP-4i) use among individuals with type 2 diabetes.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A population-based retrospective cohort study.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>The Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) Aurum database from the UK.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Individuals with type 2 diabetes, aged 40 years or older, newly prescribed SGLT-2i or DPP-4i on or after 2013-2021, registered in the CPRD Aurum database.</p><p><strong>Main outcome measure: </strong>The primary outcome was incident dementia, and the secondary outcome was incident mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate the HR and corresponding 95% CI for the primary and secondary outcomes. Propensity score fine stratification weights were used to adjust for confounding.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among a cohort of 118 006 individuals, the incident rate (IR) of dementia was 0.56/1000 person-years over a median follow-up period of 1.54 years among SGLT-2i users compared with 2.67/1000 person-years in DPP-4i users, over a median follow-up period of 1.79 years. The adjusted HR for SGLT-2i use compared with DPP-4i use for dementia was 0.78 (95% CI 0.55 to 1.12), while for MCI was 0.86 (95% CI 0.80 to 0.92). The age-specific stratified analysis demonstrated the adjusted HR for SGLT-2i use compared with DPP-4i use for the risk of incident dementia among elderly, aged ≥65 years, was 0.50 (95% CI 0.31 to 0.80).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Primary findings did not yield conclusive evidence to infer an association between SGLT-2i use and the risk of incident dementia.</p>","PeriodicalId":9151,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11751778/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143022053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mechanism of TGIF1 on glycolipid metabolism disorders in mice with type 2 diabetes.","authors":"Fuyan Bai, Liping Zheng, Li Tao, Shikai Wang, Yuchen Li, Lijun Hou","doi":"10.1136/bmjdrc-2024-004509","DOIUrl":"10.1136/bmjdrc-2024-004509","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a chronic condition characterized by high levels of blood glucose resulting from the inefficiency of insulin. This study aims to explore the mechanism of TGFB-induced factor homeobox 1 (TGIF1) in the glycolipid metabolism of mice with T2D.</p><p><strong>Research design and methods: </strong>Mice with T2D were induced by high-fat diet and low-dose streptozotocin (STZ) injection. After TGIF1 was overexpressed in mice with T2D, the weight was monitored. The levels of fasting plasma glucose, fasting serum insulin, triglycerides, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol were measured. Staining assays were performed to observe liver tissue pathology and lipid accumulation. Liver function and oxidative stress were measured. Palmitic acid (PA)-induced primary hepatocytes were used to establish cell models. After TGIF1 was overexpressed in the cells, cell viability, cellular glucose uptake and consumption, and intracellular glycogen content were detected. The expression of TGIF1, miR-106b-5p, and early growth response 2 (EGR2) was detected and their binding relationships were analyzed. Combined experiments were conducted to validate the mechanism.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>TGIF1 was downregulated in mice with T2D. TGIF1 overexpression reduced hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia, improved insulin resistance, increased liver glycogen content, and attenuated lipid accumulation and glycolipid metabolism disorders in mice with T2D. TGIF1 was enriched on the miR-106b-5p promoter and promoted miR-106b-5p expression. miR-106b-5p inhibited EGR2 expression. miR-106b-5p inhibition or EGR2 overexpression partially reversed the alleviative effect of TGIF1 overexpression on glycolipid metabolism disorders.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>TGIF1 reduces glycolipid metabolism disorders in mice with T2D through the miR-106b-5p/EGR2 axis.</p>","PeriodicalId":9151,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11751904/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143022128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marie Fredriksson, Emma Persson, Anna Möllsten, Torbjörn Lind
{"title":"Risk of renal complications and death in young and middle-aged Swedes with parental type 1 diabetes: a nation-wide, prospective cohort study.","authors":"Marie Fredriksson, Emma Persson, Anna Möllsten, Torbjörn Lind","doi":"10.1136/bmjdrc-2024-004709","DOIUrl":"10.1136/bmjdrc-2024-004709","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>This study aimed to investigate if individuals with childhood-onset type 1 diabetes having a parent with the same condition (parental diabetes) had worse metabolic control and an increased risk of death and renal failure compared with those with parents without type 1 diabetes (sporadic diabetes).</p><p><strong>Research design and methods: </strong>We conducted a population-based cohort study using data from the Swedish Childhood Diabetes Register, including cases with onset of type 1 diabetes before the age of 15 and recorded between 1977 and 2010. The cohort was linked to national registers to compare mortality, renal failure, and glycated hemoglobin (HBA1c) levels.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified 16 572 incident cases of childhood-onset type 1 diabetes. Of these, 15 701 had data on parental diabetes status, with 1390 (8.9%) having at least one parent with this condition. HbA1c data were available in 9105 individuals at 20-30 years of age, with the parental group showing higher levels compared with the sporadic diabetes group (8.4% (68 mmol/mol) vs 8.2% (66 mmol/mol), p=0.004). The Cox proportional HR for death in parental diabetes was 1.33 (95% CI 1.00 to 1.75), and the competing risk HR for renal failure was 1.27 (95% CI 1.08 to 1.50). Women in the parental diabetes group had a higher risk of early death (HR 1.79, 95% CI 1.17 to 2.72) compared with the sporadic diabetes group.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Individuals with parental diabetes had slightly higher HbA1c and elevated risks of renal failure and death compared with those with sporadic diabetes, especially pronounced in women. Although the exact mechanisms behind these differences are unclear, we suggest that individualized care may benefit individuals with parental type 1 diabetes.</p>","PeriodicalId":9151,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11784379/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143058275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lixia Ge, Yan Sun, Elaine Tan, Huiling Liew, Jeremy Hoe, Jaime Lin, Joseph Molina, Gary Ang, Xiaoli Zhu, Kai Qiang Low, Theophilus Yap, Nur Aberleen Syafirah Binte Azmi, Enming Yong, Tiffany Chew, Hui Yan Koo, Chelsea Law, Dexter Yak Seng Chan, Claris Shi, Julia Choo, Wai Han Hoi, Sadhana Chandraskear, Jo Ann Lim, Jemes Siow, Sabariah Binte Kaspon, Subramaniam Tavintharan, Daniel Chew, John Abisheganaden, Zhiwen Joseph Lo
{"title":"Outcome evaluation and cost-effectiveness analysis for an integrated multidisciplinary diabetic limb salvage program: a combined observational and simulation study.","authors":"Lixia Ge, Yan Sun, Elaine Tan, Huiling Liew, Jeremy Hoe, Jaime Lin, Joseph Molina, Gary Ang, Xiaoli Zhu, Kai Qiang Low, Theophilus Yap, Nur Aberleen Syafirah Binte Azmi, Enming Yong, Tiffany Chew, Hui Yan Koo, Chelsea Law, Dexter Yak Seng Chan, Claris Shi, Julia Choo, Wai Han Hoi, Sadhana Chandraskear, Jo Ann Lim, Jemes Siow, Sabariah Binte Kaspon, Subramaniam Tavintharan, Daniel Chew, John Abisheganaden, Zhiwen Joseph Lo","doi":"10.1136/bmjdrc-2024-004688","DOIUrl":"10.1136/bmjdrc-2024-004688","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>To compare the clinical outcomes and healthcare utilization of patients enrolled in the multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot in Primary and Tertiary (DEFINITE) Care program with a matched historical cohort and estimate the program's long-term cost-effectiveness using simulation.</p><p><strong>Research design and methods: </strong>This study consisted of two components: a 1-year observational outcome evaluation and a long-term simulation-based cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA). We conducted an observational study to analyze 2798 patients with diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) enrolled in the program between June 2020 and June 2021 (DEFINITE Care group) and 5462 patients with DFUs from June 2016 to December 2017 as historical controls. One-to-one propensity score matching (PSM) with replacement was conducted to estimate the treatment effect of the program on clinical outcomes and healthcare utilization over 1 year. For the simulation component, a long-term CEA was performed using a Markov state transition model on a simulated cohort of 10 000 patients with DFUs over a 20-year period, assessing transitions between health states, including minor and major amputations and death. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) was calculated for the DEFINITE Care program relative to routine care.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The estimation of average treatment effects based on propensity scores showed that the DEFINITE Care group exhibited a 9% lower mortality, 5% higher lower extremity amputation (LEA)-free survival, yet a 5% higher minor LEA rate compared with the matched historical controls. Additionally, they experienced fewer inpatient admissions (0.98 fewer episodes) and shorter hospital stays (5.5 fewer days) within 1 year (p-value <0.001). The ICER was US$22 707 (SE: 430) per quality-adjusted life year gained, indicating long-term cost-effectiveness. Probabilistic sensitivity analysis supported these findings.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The integrated multidisciplinary DEFINITE Care program improved LEA-free survival, reduced inpatient admissions and length of stay within 1 year and demonstrated long-term cost-effectiveness managing DFUs.</p>","PeriodicalId":9151,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11749800/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142999768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MacKenzie D Williams, Catherine Ramsey Grace, Amanda L Posgai, Kieran M McGrail, Maigan A Brusko, Michael J Haller, Laura Jacobsen, Desmond Schatz, Todd M Brusko, Mark Atkinson, Rhonda Bacher, Clive H Wasserfall
{"title":"Serological markers of exocrine pancreatic function are differentially informative for distinguishing individuals progressing to type 1 diabetes.","authors":"MacKenzie D Williams, Catherine Ramsey Grace, Amanda L Posgai, Kieran M McGrail, Maigan A Brusko, Michael J Haller, Laura Jacobsen, Desmond Schatz, Todd M Brusko, Mark Atkinson, Rhonda Bacher, Clive H Wasserfall","doi":"10.1136/bmjdrc-2024-004655","DOIUrl":"10.1136/bmjdrc-2024-004655","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Altered serum levels of growth hormones, adipokines, and exocrine pancreas enzymes have been individually linked with type 1 diabetes (T1D). We collectively evaluated seven such biomarkers, combined with islet autoantibodies (AAb) and genetic risk score (GRS2), for their utility in predicting AAb/T1D status.</p><p><strong>Research design and methods: </strong>Cross-sectional serum samples (n=154 T1D, n=56 1AAb+, n=77 ≥2AAb+, n=256 AAb-) were assessed for IGF1, IGF2, adiponectin, leptin, amylase, lipase, and trypsinogen (n=543, age range 2.7-30.0 years) using random forest modeling.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>GRS2, age, lipase, trypsinogen, and AAb against ZnT8, GAD65, and insulin were the most informative markers. Notably, these variables were differentially informative according to AAb/T1D status. Higher GRS2 (p<0.001) and lower lipase levels (p=0.002) favored ≥2AAb+ versus AAb- classification. AAb against ZnT8 (p<0.01), GAD65 (p=0.021), or insulin (p=0.01) each independently favored ≥2AAb+ versus 1AAb+ classification. Reduced trypsinogen (p<0.001) and increased lipase levels (p<0.001) favored recent-onset T1D versus ≥2AAb+ classification.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Among the serological markers tested, lipase and trypsinogen levels were the most informative for differentiating among clinical groups, with the utility of each enzyme varying according to GRS2 and AAb/T1D status. These data support exocrine pancreas enzymes as candidates for longitudinal follow-up.</p>","PeriodicalId":9151,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11749058/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142926478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tim Snel, Tanja Krone, Regina J M Kamstra, Hannah M Eggink, Hanno Pijl, Albert A de Graaf, Iris M de Hoogh
{"title":"Differential impact of lifestyle factors on 2-hour glucose values in individuals with type 2 diabetes: potential for more personalized interventions.","authors":"Tim Snel, Tanja Krone, Regina J M Kamstra, Hannah M Eggink, Hanno Pijl, Albert A de Graaf, Iris M de Hoogh","doi":"10.1136/bmjdrc-2024-004506","DOIUrl":"10.1136/bmjdrc-2024-004506","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Lifestyle determinants of 2-hour glucose concentration in people with type 2 diabetes and interindividual differences need to be identified.</p><p><strong>Research design and methods: </strong>38 participants with type 2 diabetes, treated with lifestyle advice and/or metformin, tracked their physical activity, sleep and dietary intake, while continuously monitoring interstitial glucose concentrations for 11 periods of four consecutive days each. A linear mixed-effects model was used to quantify the effect of sleep, stress, current glucose, carbohydrate intake and exercise on glucose levels 2 hours later.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The final model identified carbohydrate intake (grams) in the past 5 min as well as in the past 30 min, sleep duration during the previous night (hours) and physical activity (metabolic equivalents) over the past 12 hours as significant fixed effects that influenced glucose concentrations 2 hours later. In addition, carbohydrate intake in the past 5 and past 30 min, and physical activity in the past and future 30 min were included as random or individualized effects. Although carbohydrate intake led to increased glucose concentrations in 2 hours in all individuals, the magnitude of this effect varied between individuals. The physical activity on glucose concentrations in 2 hours varied among individuals as well, in terms of magnitude and in terms of direction (showing either increase or decline).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Carbohydrate intake, sleep and physical activity at specific points in time have both fixed as well as individualized effects on glucose concentrations 2 hours later in individuals with type 2 diabetes. Interindividual differences in glycemic response to lifestyle components call for personalized advice in the management of type 2 diabetes.</p>","PeriodicalId":9151,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care","volume":"12 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11683924/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142885154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lauren T Vanasse, Howard H Chang, Rohan D'Souza, Mohammed K Ali, Lance Waller, Marcos C Schechter
{"title":"Spatial associations between measures of public transportation and diabetic foot ulcer outcomes in the state of Georgia: 2016-2019.","authors":"Lauren T Vanasse, Howard H Chang, Rohan D'Souza, Mohammed K Ali, Lance Waller, Marcos C Schechter","doi":"10.1136/bmjdrc-2024-004461","DOIUrl":"10.1136/bmjdrc-2024-004461","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>There are limited data regarding the associations between public transportation reliance, availability, and diabetic foot ulcer (DFU)-related amputations.</p><p><strong>Research design and methods: </strong>We used visit-level data from the Georgia 2016-2019 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project database and obtained transportation variables from open sources. Using Bayesian spatial-temporal models, we assessed the associations between transportation and DFU-related amputations within each quartile of poverty status indicators at the ZIP code tabulation area (ZCTA) level. We used the proportion of adults who use public transportation to commute, distance to nearest transit stop, and per capita expense on public transportation as proxies for public transportation reliance, availability, and both, respectively.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 114 606 DFUs, 21 388 (19%) were associated with a major or minor amputation. Among ZCTAs at the highest income quartile, reduced amputation risk was associated with the proportion of adults who use public transportation to commute to work (relative risk (RR)=0.29, 95% CI 0.09 to 0.97 per IQR increase of 1.13%) and per capita expense on public transportation (RR=0.78, 95% CI 0.63 to 0.78 per IQR increase of 6 cents). In metropolitan Georgia, a 1 IQR (261 m) increase in distance to the nearest transit stop was associated with lower amputation risk among ZCTAs at the lowest income quartile (RR=0.47, 95% CI 0.26 to 0.85).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In Georgia, public transportation reliance and availability are protective against DFU-related amputations in high-income but not among low-income ZCTAs. Reducing disparities in DFU-related amputations requires interventions to mitigate transportation barriers to care.</p>","PeriodicalId":9151,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care","volume":"12 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11683904/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142884869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chimaroke Edeoga, Peace Asuzu, Jim Wan, Samuel Dagogo-Jack
{"title":"Insulin secretion, sensitivity, and clearance in normoglycemic Black and White adults with parental type 2 diabetes: association with incident dysglycemia.","authors":"Chimaroke Edeoga, Peace Asuzu, Jim Wan, Samuel Dagogo-Jack","doi":"10.1136/bmjdrc-2024-004545","DOIUrl":"10.1136/bmjdrc-2024-004545","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Ethnic disparities in the prevalence and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes are well documented, but prospective data on insulin dynamics vis-à-vis pre-diabetes/early dysglycemia risk in diverse populations are scant.</p><p><strong>Research design and methods: </strong>We analyzed insulin secretion, sensitivity, and clearance among participants in the Pathobiology of Prediabetes in a Biracial Cohort (POP-ABC) study. The POP-ABC study followed initially normoglycemic offspring of parents with type 2 diabetes for 5.5 years, the primary outcome being incident dysglycemia. Assessments included anthropometry, oral glucose tolerance test, insulin sensitivity (hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp, HEC), insulin secretion (intravenous glucose tolerance test, IVGT), and disposition index (DI). Insulin clearance was derived as the molar ratio of plasma C peptide to insulin and by calculating the metabolic clearance rate during HEC.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>POP-ABC participants who completed IVGT and HEC at baseline (145 African American, 123 European American; 72% women; mean age 44.6±10.1 years) were included in the present analysis. The baseline fasting plasma glucose was 91.9±6.91 mg/dL (5.11±0.38 mmol/L) and 2-hour plasma glucose was 123±25.1 mg/dL (6.83±1.83 mmol/L). African American offspring of parents with type 2 diabetes had higher insulin secretion and DI, and lower insulin sensitivity and clearance, than their European American counterparts. During 5.5 years of follow-up, 91 of 268 participants developed incident dysglycemia and 177 maintained normoglycemia. In Cox proportional hazards models, insulin secretion (HR 0.997 (95% CI 0.996 to 0.999), p=0.005), insulin sensitivity (HR 0.948 (95% CI 0.913 to 0.984), p=0.005), DI (HR 0.945 (95% CI 0.909 to 0.983), p=0.005) and basal insulin clearance (HR 1.030 (95% CI 1.005 to 1.056), p=0.018) significantly predicted incident dysglycemia.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Insulin sensitivity, secretion, and clearance differ significantly in normoglycemic African American versus European American offspring of parents with type 2 diabetes and are associated with the risk of incident dysglycemia.</p>","PeriodicalId":9151,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care","volume":"12 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11683886/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142885157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}