Type 2 & other diabetes

Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry, Metabolomics, and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

J Clin Endocrinol MetabPublished Prospective cohort study

Main finding · Incident T2DResult — go to the resultMore likely to develop T2D 47% 95% CI 33%–63%

Authors' conclusion

Our study revealed the association of PRISm with T2D risk and the potential roles of circulating metabolites in mediating this association.

Study context

Population
Individuals without diabetes at baseline, UK Biobank
Participants
72,683 individuals
Exposure
Preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm) vs normal spirometry
  • PRISmn = 8,394
  • Normal spirometryn = 64,289reference
Outcome
Incident T2D
Follow-up
Median 12.06 years
Methodological detailsUK Biobank, mediation analysis
  • UK Biobank
  • Mediation analysis

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

More likely to develop T2D

47%

95% CI 33%–63%

Participants who developed T2D
2513

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Further findings

Metabolite mediation of PRISm–T2D association

Metabolites with significant mediation effects (false discovery rate <0.05)
121
Mediation proportion: glycoprotein acetyls
11.91% (95% CI 8.76%-16.58%)
Mediation proportion: cholesteryl esters in large high-density lipoprotein (HDL)
11.04% (95% CI 7.34%-15.55%)
Mediation proportion: degree of unsaturation
10.36% (95% CI 7.34%-14.71%)
Mediation proportion: cholesterol in large HDL
9.87% (95% CI 6.78%-14.09%)
Mediation proportion: cholesteryl esters in very large HDL
9.51% (95% CI 6.33%-14.05%)
11 principal components (95% variance of metabolic signatures): proportion of relation accounted for
25.47% (95% CI 20.83%-32.19%)

Original publication

Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry, Metabolomics, and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. Published 10 March 2023. doi:10.1210/clinem/dgad140

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