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C-peptide concentration, mortality and vascular complications in people with Type 2 diabetes. The Skaraborg Diabetes
M Pikkemaat1, O Melander, S Mölstad
1Husensjö Health Care Centre, Helsingborg, Sweden; Centre for Primary Health Care Research, Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Lund University, Skövde, Sweden.
Aim:
To study the prognosis of patients with newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetes in primary care in relation to their baseline C-peptide concentration.
Methods:
C-peptide concentrations were determined in 399 patients aged < 65 years with newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetes using the Skaraborg Diabetes Register, Sweden. Data on cardiovascular complications and death were extracted from national registers and a local study of retinopathy. Statistical analyses were performed using Cox regression.
Results:
An analysis of C-peptide concentrations in quartiles, after adjusting for confounders, showed that patients in the highest quartile had a 2.75-fold higher risk of death from all causes compared with those in the lowest quartile (CI 1.17-6.47). By contrast, C-peptide concentration was not associated with the incidence of cardiovascular events or the development of retinopathy.
Conclusions:
Measurement of C-peptide concentration at diagnosis could help identify patients who are at high risk and who presumably would benefit from more intensive treatment.
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