PMID- 16532324 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20061024 LR - 20220408 IS - 0012-186X (Print) IS - 0012-186X (Linking) VI - 49 IP - 5 DP - 2006 May TI - Chemokines as risk factors for type 2 diabetes: results from the MONICA/KORA Augsburg study, 1984-2002. PG - 921-9 AB - AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: The chemokines monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), IL-8 and interferon-gamma-inducible protein-10 (IP-10) are released by adipocytes and appear to be involved in atherosclerosis. We hypothesised that these chemokines may be risk factors for the development of type 2 diabetes. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Using a case-cohort design based on data from the population-based Monitoring of Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Disease (MONICA)/Kooperative Gesundheitsforschung in der Region Augsburg/Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg (KORA Augsburg) study, chemokine levels at baseline were analysed in 526 individuals with and 1,695 individuals without incident type 2 diabetes. The mean follow-up time was 10.8 years. RESULTS: MCP-1 was associated with type 2 diabetes, largely independently of classic risk factors, whereas various clinical and metabolic parameters as well as lifestyle factors were major confounders of the association of IL-8 and IP-10 with type 2 diabetes. Further adjustment for C-reactive protein (CRP) and IL-6 had no impact on the observed associations. The hazard ratio (HR) for subjects with systemic concentrations of all three chemokines (MCP-1, IL-8 and IP-10) above the respective median compared with those with all chemokines below or equal to the median was 1.79 (95% CI 1.18-2.72) and was comparable with the HR for elevated CRP and IL-6 together (adjusted for age, sex, survey, BMI, systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol:HDL cholesterol ratio, physical activity, alcohol intake, smoking and parental history of diabetes). CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION: Elevated concentrations of MCP-1, IL-8 and IP-10 are associated with incident type 2 diabetes. Whereas the association of IL-8 and IP-10 with diabetes was attenuated by multivariable adjustment, high MCP-1 levels contributed to diabetes risk independently of previously described clinical, metabolic and immunological risk factors. FAU - Herder, C AU - Herder C AD - German Diabetes Clinic, German Diabetes Centre, Leibniz Centre at Heinrich Heine University, 40225, Dusseldorf, Germany. christian.herder@ddz.uni-duesseldorf.de FAU - Baumert, J AU - Baumert J FAU - Thorand, B AU - Thorand B FAU - Koenig, W AU - Koenig W FAU - de Jager, W AU - de Jager W FAU - Meisinger, C AU - Meisinger C FAU - Illig, T AU - Illig T FAU - Martin, S AU - Martin S FAU - Kolb, H AU - Kolb H LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Multicenter Study PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20060311 PL - Germany TA - Diabetologia JT - Diabetologia JID - 0006777 RN - 0 (Chemokines) RN - 97C5T2UQ7J (Cholesterol) SB - IM MH - Blood Pressure MH - Body Mass Index MH - Body Size MH - Cardiovascular Diseases/epidemiology/prevention & control MH - Chemokines/*blood MH - Cholesterol/blood MH - Cohort Studies MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/blood/*epidemiology MH - Female MH - Germany/epidemiology MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Monitoring, Physiologic MH - Prevalence MH - Risk Factors EDAT- 2006/03/15 09:00 MHDA- 2006/10/25 09:00 CRDT- 2006/03/15 09:00 PHST- 2005/07/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2005/12/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2006/03/15 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/10/25 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/03/15 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00125-006-0190-y [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Diabetologia. 2006 May;49(5):921-9. doi: 10.1007/s00125-006-0190-y. Epub 2006 Mar 11.