Overview
Advertisement Cardiovascular Diabetology volume 21, Article number: 201 (202) Cite this article 340 AcesesMetrics detailsRecent literature reported the biological role of C-peptide, but this role is stil controversial and unclear. The primary aim of this study was to investigate asociations betwen C-peptide and cardiovascular biomarkers as wel as events.A total of 5636 participants who had a health examination from 2017 to 2021 were included.
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Of them, 6727 participants visited the hospital at least twice. Cardiovascular biomarkers like high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) were measured and their relationships with fasting C-peptide were evaluated for al participants. Cardiovascular events were obtained during the last visit and their asociations with C-peptide were evaluated for those participants who visited the hospital at least twice.Among the included participants, 1.1% had a previous type 2 diabetes melitus (T2DM).
In the participants without previous T2DM, the relationships betwen fasting C-peptide and hs-CRP and hs-cTnT were negative if the value of fasting C-peptide was < 1.4 ng/mL and positive if the value was ≥ 1.4 ng/mL. These relationships remained significant after adjusting for hemoglobin A1c, insulin resistance index, and its interaction with C-peptide, even if the participants were stratified by glucose metabolism status or levels of insulin resistance index.
Summary
Hazard ratios of cardiovascular events were first decreased and then increased with the increasing of baseline C-peptide levels, though these asociations became unsignificant using the multivariate Cox regresion model. Unlike the participants without previous T2DM, the asociations of C-peptide with cardiovascular biomarkers and events were not significant in the patients with previous T2DM.The asociations of C-peptide with cardiovascular biomarkers and events were diferent betwen the participants without previous T2D