The impact of insulin induced lipohypertrophy on carotid intima-media thickness in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Autor: Kirac CO; Necip Fazil City Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kahramanmaras, Turkey., Sirikci V; Necip Fazil City Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Kahramanmaras, Turkey., Findikli HA; Necip Fazil City Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Kahramanmaras, Turkey.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Medicine [Medicine (Baltimore)] 2023 Sep 29; Vol. 102 (39), pp. e34696.
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000034696
Abstrakt: Lipohypertrophy (LH) is a major localized complication of insulin therapy. We aimed to investigate the association between insulin-induced LH and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). A total of 75 patients with DM treated with insulin were included in this study. The insulin injection sites of the patients were evaluated by inspection and palpation and then radiologically with ultrasound. The CIMT of the patients was evaluated using ultrasonography. According to the guideline recommendation, the CIMT cutoff value was taken as 0.9 mm, and the patients were categorized into 2 groups according to the CIMT value and evaluated statistically. The presence of LH (CI: 1.379-30.000; OR = 6.432; P < .05), age (CI: 1.036-1.149; OR = 1091; P < .05), BMI (CI: 1.003-1.262; OR = 1.125; P < .05) and duration of DM (CI: 1.001-1.300; OR = 1.141; P < .05) were independent risk factors for high-CIMT in patients with DM. The most interesting result of this study was that the presence of LH was an independent risk factor for increased CIMT. According to this result, we think that LH may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease as well as being a complication that disrupts the blood glucose regulation of patients with DM and increases the cost of treatment.
Competing Interests: The authors have no funding and conflicts of interest to disclose.
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Databáze: MEDLINE