Analysis on levels of serum adiponectin and homocysteine in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes complicating retinopathy / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the levels of serum adiponectin(APN)and homocysteine(Hcy)in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes metlitus(T2DM)complicating retinopathy and the relation between these two indicators.Methods Sixt-eight cases of complicating retinopathy(T2DM+DR group)were screened from the elderly inpatients with T2DM in our hospital from January 2012 to December 2014.Their general data were investigated.The routine biochemical indicators were tested.The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA)was employed to measure the serum total APN,high molecular weight APN and Hcy levels.Mean while the correlation among total APN,high molecular weight APN and Hcy was evaluated by adopting the Pearson correlation analysis.Contemporaneous 65 cases of elderly T2DM and 70 elderly people undergoing the healthy physical examination were chosen as the T2DM group and NC group respectively.Results The WHR,FBP,TC,TG,LDL-C,HbA1c,FINS and HOMA-IR in the T2DM+DR group and T2DM group were higher than those in the NC group,while the HDL-C level was lower than that in the NC group(P＜0.05);the duration and BMI of the T2DM-4-DR group were higher than those of the T2DM group,the difference was statistically significant(P＜0.05);the levels of total APN and high molecular weight APN in the T2DM+DR group and T2DM group were lower than those in the NC group,while the Hcy level was higher than that in the NC group(P＜0.05);moreover the levels of total APN and high molecular weight APN in the T2DM+DR group were lower than those in the T2DM group,and Hey level was higher than that in the T2DM group,the difference was statistically significant(P＜0.05);the levels of total APN(r=-0.654)and high molecular weight APN(r=-0.562)were negatively correlated with the Hey level in the T2DM+DR group(P＜ 0.05).Conclusion The serum APN level is decreased and Hcy level is increased in elderly patients with T2DM complicating retinopathy,which may be associated with the progression of retinopathy in T2DM.