International Journal of General Medicine (Apr 2022)
Does Serum Osteocalcin Level Affect Carotid Atherosclerosis in Post-Menopausal Diabetic Females? A Case-Control Study
Abstract
Mervat Naguib,1 Nadia Ali,2 Nashwa ElSaraf,3 Lila Rashed,4 Hebatoallah Azzam5 1Diabetes and Endocrinology Unite, Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine Kasr Al-Ainy Hospital Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; 2Internal Medicine Department, Ahmed Maher Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; 3Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine Kasr Al-Ainy Hospital Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; 4Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; 5Radiology Department, Faculty of Medicine Kasr Al-Ainy Hospital Cairo University, Cairo, EgyptCorrespondence: Mervat Naguib, Diabetes and Endocrinology Unite, Internal Medicine Department, Kasr Al-Ainy Hospital Cairo University, 41 Manial Street, Cairo, 11451, Egypt, Tel +202/23641088, Email [email protected]: To determine the association between serum osteocalcin and carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) in a group of post-menopausal females with type 2 diabetes (T2DM).Patients and Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled 75 postmenopausal women with T2DM and 40 age matched postmenopausal healthy females. Age, body mass index, blood pressure were recorded for all subjects. Laboratory tests including fasting blood glucose (FBG), glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and lipid profile were measured. Serum osteocalcin was measured using ELISA. Bone mineral density (BMD) was measured by DEXA scan. CIMT was assessed with B-mode ultrasonography.Results: Patients with T2DM had significantly lower serum osteocalcin compared to control (63.73± 27.20 vs 136.16± 21.96 pg/mL, P< 0.001). Patients with osteoporosis had significantly lower osteocalcin level compared to those with normal BMD. Patients with T2DM had a significant negative correlation between serum osteocalcin and CIMT (r= − 0.332; P=0.003), FBG (r= − 0.732; P< 0.001), HbA1c (r=− 0.672; P< 0.001), and HOMA-IR (r= − 0.672; P< 0.001). However, multiple linear regression analysis revealed that CIMT in patients with diabetes was only significantly associated with age (P= 0.001), duration of diabetes (P< 0.001), SBP (P< 0.001), HOMA-IR (P=0.033), LDL (P=0.005), and HDL (P< 0.001). Furthermore, serum insulin (β= − 0.183, P=0.033), FBG (β= − 0.604, P< 0.001) and LDL (β= − 0.195, P= 0.02) were independently negatively correlated with serum osteocalcin.Conclusion: In this study, Postmenopausal women with diabetes had significantly lower osteocalcin compared to non-diabetic women. Although serum osteocalcin was negatively correlated with CIMT, multivariate regression analysis revealed that osteocalcin level was only independently related to worse glycemic parameters in postmenopausal women with T2DM.Keywords: osteocalcin, diabetes, atherosclerosis, glycated hemoglobin, lipid
