The combination of glycated lysine-141 of haptoglobin (HP K141) and HbA<sub>1c</sub> provided a sensitivity of 94%, a specificity of 98%, and an accuracy of 96% to identify T2DM.
When combined with the glycation level of lysine-141 of haptoglobin, diagnostic accuracy improved further for newly diagnosed (SN, 94%; SP 96%) and long-term controlled (SN, 85%; SP, 94%) T2DM patients (HbA1c: SN, 88%; SP, 96%).
Haptoglobin(Hp) 2-2 genotype has been shown to increase coronary artery disease (CAD) risk in numerous type 2 diabetes studies but in only one type 1 diabetes cohort.
We investigated whether serum Hp has a causal effect on macroangiopathy via Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis with common variants of the Hp gene in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes.
The Hp genotypes have been associated with microvascular and macrovascular complications in type 1 diabetes mellitus but the association in type 2 diabetes is more consistent with cardiovascular complications.
An Okinawan-based Nordic diet improves glucose and lipid metabolism in health and type 2 diabetes, in alignment with changes in the endocrine profile, whereas zonulin levels are elevated.
The genetic variant rs2000999 was not associated with diabetic macrovascular diseases but showed an association with metabolic traits and serum Hp levels in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes.
<b>Conclusions:</b> These results suggest that subjects with type 2 diabetes carrying the Hp 1-1 genotype may have higher susceptibility to depression in the context of white matter damage and frontal lobe atrophy.