Thyroid function, glycemic control, and diabetic nephropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes over 24 months : prospective observational study

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BACKGROUND: The higher prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in type 1 diabetes patients has been well established, whereas it is a matter of debate whether that is also observed in type 2 diabetes patients. This study was conducted to reveal whether higher prevalence of thyroid dysfunction is observed in patients with type 2 diabetes.

METHODS: We examined thyroid functions and thyroid autoantibodies in 200 patients with type 2 diabetes and 225 controls, with 24 months follow up for those with type 2 diabetes.

RESULTS: Serum free triiodothyronine (fT3) levels and fT3/free thyroxine (fT4) ratio were significantly lower, while fT4 levels were significantly higher in patients with type 2 diabetes. The number of patients with thyroid dysfunction or patients positive for thyroid autoantibodies were not different between the two groups. The fT3/fT4 ratio was positively and negatively correlated with serum c-peptide and HbA1c levels, respectively, suggesting that the difference can be attributable to insulin resistance and diabetic control. In the follow-up observation, we found no significant correlation between basal thyrotropin (TSH), fT3, fT4 or fT3/fT4 ratio with the amounts of changes of HbA1c levels at 12 or 24 months after the basal measurements. There was a negative relationship between TSH levels and eGFR at baseline measurements, but TSH levels did not seem to predict future decline of eGFR levels. No relationship was observed between urine albumin/ g‧cre levels and thyroid function.

CONCLUSION: Thyroid dysfunction and thyroid autoantibodies were not different in prevalence between patients with type 2 diabetes and controls, although in patients with type 2 diabetes, the fT3/fT4 ratio was decreased. Basal thyroid function did not predict future diabetes control or renal function within 24 months of follow-up.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

BMC endocrine disorders - 23(2023), 1 vom: 10. Juli, Seite 146

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Iwakura, Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]
Takagi, Tomoyuki [VerfasserIn]
Inaba, Hidefumi [VerfasserIn]
Doi, Asako [VerfasserIn]
Ueda, Yoko [VerfasserIn]
Uraki, Shinsuke [VerfasserIn]
Takeshima, Ken [VerfasserIn]
Furukawa, Yasushi [VerfasserIn]
Ishibashi, Tatsuya [VerfasserIn]
Morita, Shuhei [VerfasserIn]
Matsuno, Shohei [VerfasserIn]
Nishi, Masahiro [VerfasserIn]
Furuta, Hiroto [VerfasserIn]
Matsuoka, Taka-Aki [VerfasserIn]
Akamizu, Takashi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Autoantibodies
Diabetic nephropathy
Glycated Hemoglobin
Glycemic control
Journal Article
Observational Study
Thyroid function
Type 2 diabetes

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Date Completed 24.07.2023

Date Revised 24.07.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12902-023-01393-4

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359312373