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ArticleDiabetology & metabolic syndrome2025

U-shaped relationship of estimated glucose disposal rate with cardiovascular disease risk in cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome stages 0-3: a population-based prospective study.

Xiaomin Liang, Kai Lai, Xiaohong Li, Shuiqing Gui, Zemao Xing, Ying Li

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Xiaomin LiangDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Kai LaiDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Xiaohong LiDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Shuiqing Gui *Department of Critical Care Medicine, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China. guishuiqing@163.com.
Zemao Xing *Department of Critical Care Medicine, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China. zemaox@126.com.
Ying Li *Department of Critical Care Medicine, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China. liying20020813@163.com.

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Sanming Project of Medicine in Shenzhen No. SZSM202211016Shenzhen Fund for Guangdong Provincial High-level Clinical Key Specialties No. SZGSP006Shenzhen Second People's Hospital Clinical Research Fund of Guangdong Province High-level Hospital Construction Project Grant No.20223357008, No.2023xgyj3357003
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backgroundCardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) syndrome is characterized by the interrelatedness of chronic kidney disease (CKD), cardiovascular disease (CVD), and metabolic disorders. The relationship between estimated glucose disposal rate (eGDR) and CVD risk in CKM syndrome remains unclear.

methodsWe analyzed data from 7,849 participants aged ≥ 45 years in the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). The eGDR was calculated using waist circumference, hypertension, and HbA1c. Cox regression and restricted cubic spline (RCS) regression analyses examined the association between eGDR and CVD (stroke or cardiac events).

resultsDuring a mean follow-up of 8.29 ± 1.67 years, among 7,849 participants (mean age 62.4 ± 8.7 years; 52.82% male), 1,946 CVD events occurred, including 1,504 cardiac events and 663 strokes. CKM stages 0-3 comprised 492 (6.27%), 1,404 (17.89%), 5,462 (69.59%), and 491 (6.26%) of participants, respectively. A U-shaped relationship between eGDR and CVD risk was identified (turning point: 11.82 mg/kg/min). Below this turning point, each unit increase in eGDR decreased CVD risk by 12% (HR: 0.88, 95% CI: 0.86-0.90, P < 0.0001); above it, each unit increase raised the risk by 19% (HR: 1.19, 95% CI: 1.04-1.37, P = 0.0135).

conclusionOur findings reveal a U-shaped relationship between eGDR and CVD risk in CKM syndrome stages 0-3. A higher or lower eGDR was associated with an increased CVD risk.

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Cardiovascular diseaseCardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndromeChina health and retirement longitudinal studyEstimated glucose disposal rate

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