Bo Mi Song1, Hyeon Chang Kim2, Dae Jung Kim3, Song Vogue Ahn4, Kyoung Min Kim5, Ju-Mi Lee6, Sang-Baek Koh7, Il Suh8. 1. Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Etiology Research Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. 2. Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Etiology Research Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. Electronic address: hckim@yuhs.ac. 3. Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Etiology Research Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea. 4. Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Etiology Research Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea. 5. Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea. 6. Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Etiology Research Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. 7. Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea. 8. Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To investigate whether the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and incident diabetes is modified by different alanine or aspartate aminotransferases (ALT or AST) levels. METHODS: We carried out an analysis of 6484 participants aged 40 years or older using data from the Korean Genome Epidemiology Study. The serum aminotransferase levels were stratified into low and high groups according to the median values and classified into three groups: both low, either high, and both high. To assess the association between BMI and incident diabetes according to the serum aminotransferase levels, multiple logistic regression models were used. RESULTS: In participants with high levels of both ALT and AST, compared with the first BMI quartile, the adjusted odds ratios for incident diabetes of the second, third, and fourth BMI quartiles were 1.72 (95% confidence interval, 0.84-3.55), 2.19 (1.11-4.33), and 3.08 (1.60-5.90), respectively (P trend < .001). In participants with either high ALT or AST, the adjusted odds ratios were 3.58 (1.23-10.41), 2.65 (0.90-7.76), and 5.28 (1.86-15.02), respectively (P trend = .005). However, in participants with both low ALT and AST levels, high BMI was not independently associated with the risk of incident diabetes. CONCLUSIONS: There was a strong association between BMI and incident diabetes among individuals with high aminotransferase levels, whereas no association was observed among those with low aminotransferase levels.
PURPOSE: To investigate whether the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and incident diabetes is modified by different alanine or aspartate aminotransferases (ALT or AST) levels. METHODS: We carried out an analysis of 6484 participants aged 40 years or older using data from the Korean Genome Epidemiology Study. The serum aminotransferase levels were stratified into low and high groups according to the median values and classified into three groups: both low, either high, and both high. To assess the association between BMI and incident diabetes according to the serum aminotransferase levels, multiple logistic regression models were used. RESULTS: In participants with high levels of both ALT and AST, compared with the first BMI quartile, the adjusted odds ratios for incident diabetes of the second, third, and fourth BMI quartiles were 1.72 (95% confidence interval, 0.84-3.55), 2.19 (1.11-4.33), and 3.08 (1.60-5.90), respectively (P trend < .001). In participants with either high ALT or AST, the adjusted odds ratios were 3.58 (1.23-10.41), 2.65 (0.90-7.76), and 5.28 (1.86-15.02), respectively (P trend = .005). However, in participants with both low ALT and AST levels, high BMI was not independently associated with the risk of incident diabetes. CONCLUSIONS: There was a strong association between BMI and incident diabetes among individuals with high aminotransferase levels, whereas no association was observed among those with low aminotransferase levels.