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Increased risk of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus at low plasma vitamin E concentrations: a four year follow up study in men

Jukka T Salonen, academy professor,a Kristiina Nyyssonen, research associate,a Tomi-Pekka Tuomainen, research associate,a Pekka H Maenpaa, professor,b Heikki Korpela, assistant professor,c George A Kaplan, chief,d John Lynch, research scientist,d Susan P Helmrich, research scientist,d Riitta Salonen, research scientist a

a Research Institute of Public Health, University of Kuopio, PO Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland, b Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Kuopio, c Department of Community Health and General Practice, University of Kuopio, d Human Population Laboratory, California Department of Health Services, Berkeley, California, USA

Correspondence to: Professor Salonen.

Abstract

Objective: To investigate whether low vitamin E status is a risk factor for incident non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus.
Design: Population based follow up study with diabetes assessed at baseline and at four years.
Setting: Eastern Finland.
Subjects: Random sample of 944 men aged 42-60 who had no diabetes at the baseline examination.
Intervention: Oral glucose tolerance test at four year follow up.
Main outcome measures: A man was defined diabetic if he had either (a) a fasting blood glucose concentration >/=6.7 mmol/l, or (b) a blood glucose concentration >/=10.0 mmol/l two hours after a glucose load, or (c) a clinical diagnosis of diabetes with either dietary, oral, or insulin treatment.
Results: 45 men developed diabetes during the follow up period. In a multivariate logistic regression model including the strongest predictors of diabetes, a low lipid standardised plasma vitamin E (below median) concentration was associated with a 3.9-fold (95% confidence interval 1.8-fold to 8.6-fold) risk of incident diabetes. A decrement of 1 µmol/l of uncategorised unstandardised vitamin E concentration was associated with an increment of 22% in the risk of diabetes when allowing for the strongest other risk factors as well as serum low density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations.
Conclusions: There was a strong independent association between low vitamin E status before follow up and an excess risk of diabetes at four years. This supports the theory that free radical stress has a role in the causation of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus.

Key messages

  • Key messages

  • Theoretically, free radical stress may have a role in diabetes

  • In this study low vitamin E status was associated with an increased risk of diabetes

  • The effect of antioxidants in preventing diabetes should be tested in clinical trials


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