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Article: The Inverse Relation of CA-125 to Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome, and Associated Clinical Variables.
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ABSTRACT: Abstract Objective: We aimed to evaluate the association of carbohydrate antigen 125 (CA-125; also known as cancer antigen 125) with various anthropometric and metabolic measures and also with diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Methods: A total of 357 diabetic and nondiabetic subjects were enrolled. CA-125, anthropometric parameters, lipids, blood pressure, as well as glycemic and insulin resistance measures were assessed. Metabolic syndrome was defined according to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) criteria. Results: CA-125 was lower in subjects with diabetes and/or metabolic syndrome [median (interquartile range) of 8.20 (5.70-11.57) and 9.55 (6.50-16.25) U/mL for diabetic and nondiabetic subjects, respectively, P<0.05; 8.11 (5.90-11.45) and 9.50 (6.34-14.76) U/mL for subjects with metabolic syndrome and those without metabolic syndrome, respectively, P<0.05]. Anthropometric measures, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, and blood pressure were inversely associated with CA-125 (P<0.05); waist circumference and body mass index were also identified as the strongest determinants of CA-125 (P<0.001). Using multiple linear regression models, waist circumference (β=-0.088, P<0.01), apolipoprotein B (β=-0.027, P<0.05), and systolic blood pressure (β=-0.054, P<0.05) were independently associated with CA-125. However, none of insulin resistance measures remained in the model after adjusting for other clinical variables. Conclusion: CA-125 is inversely correlated with diabetes status, metabolic syndrome, and their associated anthropometric and metabolic measures. Furthermore, CA-125 is independently associated with waist circumference, apolipoprotein B, and systolic blood pressure, but not with any insulin resistance measures.Metabolic syndrome and related disorders 04/2013; -
Article: Apolipoproteins a-I and B as components of metabolic syndrome with respect to diabetes status: a factor analysis.
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ABSTRACT: The aim of the current study was to elucidate the clustering pattern of metabolic syndrome components along with apolipoproteins (Apo) A-I and B in diabetic and nondiabetic subjects. Factor analysis of conventional variables of metabolic syndrome [i.e., waist circumference, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), triglycerides (TG), high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C), and systolic blood pressure (SBP)] with or without addition of Apo A-I and B was performed on 567 and 327 diabetic and nondiabetic subjects, respectively. Thereafter, analyses were repeated after substitution of TG and HDL-C by the TG-to-HDL-C ratio (TG/HDL-C). Regarding conventional variables of metabolic syndrome, one or two underlying factors were identified, depending on whether lipid measures were entered as two distinct variables or as a composite measure. Apolipoproteins were consistent with a one-factor structure model of metabolic syndrome and did not change the loading pattern remarkably in nondiabetics. TG and HDL-C tended to cluster with Apo B and A-I, respectively, in different models. The current study confirms that addition of Apo A-I and B is consistent with the one-factor model of metabolic syndrome and does not modify the loading pattern remarkably in nondiabetic subjects.Metabolic syndrome and related disorders 04/2012; 10(4):280-5.
