PMID- 30928570 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191202 LR - 20191202 IS - 1873-3492 (Electronic) IS - 0009-8981 (Linking) VI - 495 DP - 2019 Aug TI - High serum adipocyte fatty acid binding protein concentration linked with increased aortic arterial stiffness in patients with type 2 diabetes. PG - 35-39 LID - S0009-8981(19)31734-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.cca.2019.03.1629 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Adipocyte fatty acid binding protein (A-FABP) is a novel adipokine that contributes to the development of metabolic disorder, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and atherosclerosis. We determined the correlation between serum A-FABP and aortic stiffness in T2DM patients. METHODS: Fasting blood samples were obtained from 156 patients with T2DM. Serum A-FABP concentration were determined using a commercial enzyme immunoassay. Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) was measured using SphygmoCor System, and cfPWV values of >10 m/s were defined as high aortic stiffness. RESULTS: Sixty participants (38.4%) fell under the high aortic stiffness group. This group, compared to the control group, showed older age (P = .004), higher systolic blood pressure (P < .001), diastolic blood pressure (P = .027), urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (P = .003), serum A-FABP (P < .001) and lower estimated glomerular filtration rate (P = .001). After adjusting for factors significantly associated with aortic stiffness using multivariable logistic regression analysis, serum A-FABP [OR = 1.029 (1.002-1.058), P = .039] was found to be an independent predictor of aortic stiffness in T2DM patients. CONCLUSIONS: Serum A-FABP is positively correlated with aortic arterial stiffness in patients with T2DM. CI - Copyright (c) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Tseng, Pei-Wei AU - Tseng PW AD - School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan. FAU - Hou, Jia-Sian AU - Hou JS AD - Division of Nephrology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan. FAU - Wu, Du-An AU - Wu DA AD - School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan; Division of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan. Electronic address: despdu@yahoo.com.tw. FAU - Hsu, Bang-Gee AU - Hsu BG AD - School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan; Division of Nephrology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan. Electronic address: gee.lily@msa.hinet.net. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190327 PL - Netherlands TA - Clin Chim Acta JT - Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry JID - 1302422 RN - 0 (FABP4 protein, human) RN - 0 (Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins) SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*blood/drug therapy/*physiopathology MH - Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins/*blood MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - *Vascular Stiffness/drug effects OTO - NOTNLM OT - Adipocyte fatty acid binding protein OT - Aortic stiffness OT - Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity OT - Type 2 diabetes mellitus EDAT- 2019/04/01 06:00 MHDA- 2019/12/04 06:00 CRDT- 2019/04/01 06:00 PHST- 2018/12/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/03/13 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/03/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/04/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/12/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/04/01 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0009-8981(19)31734-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.cca.2019.03.1629 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Chim Acta. 2019 Aug;495:35-39. doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2019.03.1629. Epub 2019 Mar 27.