Serum Uric Acid: A Novel Risk Factor for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Keywords:
Uric Acid, Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Insulin Resistance, Glucose Tolerance Test
Abstract
Introduction: To analyze the relationship between first trimester uric acid levels and risk of development of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).
Method: A total of 300 pregnant women up to 14 weeks of pregnancy were enrolled in this study. After obtaining their demographic data and clinical assessment blood sample for serum uric acid was taken. Women were subsequently followed till term. All women were subjected to blood sugar screening one hour after 50 gm glucose and glucose tolerance test if screening was < 200mg/dl. GDM was diagnosed by 3 hours glucose tolerance test using Carpenter and Coustan criteria or by one hour screening value > 200 mg /dl.
Results: GDM complicated 2.66% (8/300) of the pregnancies. All the women with serum uric acid > 5 mg/dl (n=6) had deranged blood sugar screening and out of this 5 developed GDM.
Conclusion: The study demonstrates a striking association between first trimester uric acid and risk of developing GDM. First trimester uric acid level may be used as predictor for development of GDM.
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4. Savvidou M, Nelson SM, Makgoba CM,Sattar N,Nicolaides K.First-trimester prediction of gestational diabetes mellitus. Examining the potential of combining maternal characterstics and laboratory measures. Diabetes 2010; 59: 3017-22.
5. Wolfgang Koenig and Christa Meisinger.Uric acid, type2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease: fueling the common soil hypothesis? Clin Chem. 2008 Feb;54(2):231-3. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2007.099705. [PubMed]
6. Modan M, Halkin H, Karasik A, Lusky A. Elevated serum uric acid, a facet for hyperinsulinaemia. Clin Chem. 2008 Feb;54(2):231-3. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2007.099705. [PubMed]
7. Facchini F, Chen YD, Hollenbeck CB, Reaven GM. Relationship between resistance to insulin mediated glucose uptake, urinary uric acid clearance and plasma uric acid concentration. JAMA. 1991 Dec 4;266(21):3008-11. [PubMed]
8. Roy D, Perreault M, Marette A. Insulin stimulation of glucose uptake in skeletal muscles and adipose tissues in vivo is NO dependent. Am J Physiol. 1998 Apr;274(4 Pt 1):E692-9. [PubMed]
9. Khosla UM. Hyperuricaemia induces endothelial dysfunction. Kidney Int. 2005 May;67(5):1739-42. [PubMed]
10. Kang DH, Park SK, Lee IK, Johnson RJ. Uric acid induced C-reactive protein expression: implication on cell proliferation and nitric oxide production of human vascular cells. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2005 Dec;16(12):3553-62. Epub 2005 Oct 26. [PubMed]
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DOI: 10.17511/ijmrr.2015.i1.03
Published: 2015-02-28
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Singh U, Mehrotra S, Singh R, Sujata S, Gangwar ML, Shukla B. Serum Uric Acid: A Novel Risk Factor for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. Int J Med Res Rev [Internet]. 2015Feb.28 [cited 2024Nov.23];3(1):10-5. Available from: https://ijmrr.medresearch.in/index.php/ijmrr/article/view/178
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