| Sharif, Adnan, Ravindran, Vinod, Dunseath, Gareth John, Luzio, Stephen Denis, Owens, David Raymond and Baboolal, Keshwar 2010. Impending hyperglycemia in normoglycemic renal transplant recipients - an experimental predictive surrogate. Transplantation 89 (11) , pp. 1341-1346. 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181d9e1d8 |
Abstract
Background. β-Cell dysfunction and insulin resistance combine to cause new-onset diabetes after transplantation. The product of these two parameters, quantitatively measured as disposition index (DI), is a mathematical constant in normoglycemia and declines in advance of impending hyperglycemia. The aim of this study was to derive a simple surrogate for the DI to expose predysglycemic abnormalities posttransplantation. Methods. First-phase insulin secretion and sensitivity were determined by mathematical minimal model analysis of 58 frequently sampled, intravenous glucose tolerance tests in 58 non-diabetic renal transplant recipients and correlated against surrogate indexes based on fasting blood samples. Products of insulin secretion/resistance indexes were correlated against calculated DI, regression analysis performed for hyperbolic compatibility, autocorrelation studies conducted, and surrogates tested in various subgroups of renal transplant recipients to ensure robustness in a heterogeneous group. Results. The best correlation was achieved with “HOMAsec (first-phase insulin secretion)×McAuley's index (insulin resistance)” (r=0.594, P<0.001). Regression analysis was consistent with a mathematical hyperbola (ln HOMAsec vs. ln McAuley's index, r=−0.639 [95% confidence interval, −1.772 to −0.950]), statistical autocorrelation was excluded (in a subset of 20 patients with repeat metabolic investigations), and the surrogate remained valid in different subgroups of transplant recipients. Conclusions. Our surrogate “HOMAsec×McAuley's index,” requiring only fasting glucose, insulin, and triglycerides, is a simple and noninvasive surrogate for the DI. Its predictive utility for identifying impending hyperglycemia posttransplantation should be investigated further to ascertain whether its experimental nature can translate to clinical validity.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Medicine |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
| ISSN: | 00411337 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Nov 2017 21:29 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/29178 |
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