Uric acid and diabetes risk among Chinese women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus

Junhong Leng, Leishen Wang, Jing Wang, Weiqin Li, Huikun Liu, Shuang Zhang, Lili Li, Huiguang Tian, Pengcheng Xun, Xilin Yang, Zhijie Yu, Gang Hu

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Abstract

Aims To assess the association of uric acid (UA) with the risks of postpartum type 2 diabetes and prediabetes among women with prior gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Methods We performed a cross-sectional study of 1262 GDM women at 1–5 years after delivery using the baseline data from the Tianjin Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Prevention Program. Logistic regression models were used to estimate the association of different levels of serum UA with the risks of type 2 diabetes and prediabetes. Results The multivariable-adjusted odds ratios (ORs) across quartiles of serum UA were 1.00, 1.23 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.55–2.78), 2.05 (95% CI 0.96–4.39), and 3.17 (95% CI 1.54–6.55) (Ptrend < 0.001) for type 2 diabetes, and 1.00, 1.50 (95% CI 1.03–2.19), 2.28 (95% CI 1.58–3.30), and 2.88 (95% CI 1.99–4.17) (Ptrend < 0.001) for prediabetes, respectively. Restricted cubic splines models showed positive linear associations of serum UA as a continuous variable with the risks of type 2 diabetes and prediabetes. This positive association was significant when stratified by healthy weight and overweight participants. Conclusions Serum UA levels have a graded positive association with the risks of type 2 diabetes and prediabetes among Chinese with a history of GDM.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)72-79
Number of pages8
JournalDiabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume134
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2017

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This study was supported by Tianjin Women’s and Children’s Health Center, Tianjin Public Health Bureau, European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes ( EFSD )/Chinese Diabetes Society (CDS)/ Lilly programme for Collaborative Research between China and Europe. Dr. Hu was supported by the grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases ( R01DK100790 ) and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences ( U54GM104940 ) of the National Institutes of Health . We wish to thank the participants in the Tianjin Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Prevention Program and their families, and our Research Group.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier B.V.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Internal Medicine
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Endocrinology

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