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01.11.2009 | Article
Association of inflammation with worsening HOMA-insulin resistance
verfasst von:
K. Park, M. Steffes, D.-H. Lee, J. H. Himes, D. R. Jacobs Jr
Erschienen in:
Diabetologia
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Ausgabe 11/2009
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Abstract
Aims/hypothesis
We examined the cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships between C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of low-grade inflammation, and insulin resistance and whether the association was independent of obesity and oxidative stress.
Methods
CRP and insulin resistance (homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance [HOMA-IR]) data were obtained in a population-based, prospective observational study, Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA), during 1992–2006.
Results
CRP showed a significant positive association with insulin resistance, both cross-sectionally and longitudinally (5 year follow-up). The estimated increment in HOMA-IR was 0.34 log
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(pmol/l × [mmol/l]/156.25) (p value for trend <0.0001) in the highest vs lowest CRP quartiles in cross-sectional analysis, whereas the corresponding estimate was 0.12 (p trend <0.0001) in the highest vs lowest CRP quartiles longitudinally over 5 years. The gradient of HOMA-IR across CRP was attenuated but remained statistically significant after controlling for body fat measurements (0.06 in the highest vs lowest CRP in both cross-sectional [p value for trend = 0.001] and longitudinal analyses [p value for trend = 0.01]), and was little changed by further adjustment for oxidative stress markers (F2-isoprostanes and oxidised LDL). There were consistent increments in the levels of HOMA-IR with increasing concentrations of CRP over time. In contrast, higher HOMA-IR did not predict future increases in CRP. Findings were similar using fibrinogen as the predictor variable.
Conclusions/interpretation
Although a substantial portion of this association was explained by obesity, CRP was independently related to concurrent and future insulin resistance.