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July 15, 2014Diabetes CareOpen Access

Increased Circulating Levels of Betatrophin in Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetic Patients

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Why the study?

Are serum betatrophin levels elevated in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients compared to healthy controls?

Population

166 individuals, comprising newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients and age-, sex-, and BMI-matched healthy…

Design

Case-control

Authors

HHHao HuQingdao UniversityWSWenjun SunLinyi UniversitySYShuqin YuOcean University of China

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Implication

Higher betatrophin in new T2DM is hypothesis-generating; prospective studies needed before any diagnostic or prognostic role.

Structured PICO

Are serum betatrophin levels elevated in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients compared to healthy controls?

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Population
166 individuals, comprising newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients (n=83) and age-, sex-, and BMI-matched healthy control subjects (n=83).
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Comparator
Age-, sex-, and BMI-matched healthy control subjects
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Outcome
Serum betatrophin levelssurrogate

Serum betatrophin levels are significantly elevated in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients and correlate with parameters of insulin resistance and secretion.

Cite This Study

Hu et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a70b79875498292b70a2d89https://doi.org/10.2337/dc14-0602
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