URINARY C PEPTIDE/ CREATININE RATIO AND ITS RELATION TO INSULIN RESISTANCE AND VASCULAR COMPLICATIONS IN TYPE 2 DIABETES | ||
| ALEXMED ePosters | ||
| Article 1, Volume 7, Issue 1, January 2025, Pages 8-9 | ||
| Document Type: Preliminary preprint short reports of original research | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/alexpo.2025.352132.2063 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Eman Youssef Morsy1; Noha Amin2; Heba Sadek Kassab3; Rowan Khalifa Ali Khalifa Mostafa* 1 | ||
| 1Department of Internal Medicine Diabetes and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University | ||
| 2Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University | ||
| 3Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| INTRODUCTION: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic metabolic disorder characterized by insulin resistance (IR) which leads overtime to hyperglycemia and progressive beta cell dysfunction. IR is a potent risk factor for vascular complications of diabetes including macro and microvascular complications, which contribute significantly to morbidity and mortality. Urinary c peptide, a byproduct of insulin secretion, serves as a reliable biomarker for beta cell function due to its stability in urine and it is easy to collect. When normalized to creatine levels, the urinary c peptide creatinine ratio (UCPCR) provides a simple, noninvasive measure of endogenous insulin secretion. Close correlations between serum C-peptide, and UCPCR have been shown. And since, high serum C-peptide concentration is a strong indicator of metabolic syndrome and IR, this suggests that UCPCR could be a promising marker for assessing IR. AIM OF THE WORK: The aim of the present study was to assess urinary c peptide /creatinine ratio in patients with T2DM and its relation to insulin resistance and vascular complications. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| UCPCR; IR; T2DM | ||
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