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Pathophysiology/Complications

β-Cell Function and the Development of Diabetes-Related Complications in the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial

  1. Michael W. Steffes, MD, PHD1,
  2. Shalamar Sibley, MD, MPH2,
  3. Melissa Jackson, MPH3 and
  4. William Thomas, PHD3
  1. 1Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  2. 2Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  3. 3Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    Diabetes Care 2003 Mar; 26(3): 832-836. https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.26.3.832
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    In patients with type 1 diabetes, measurement of connecting peptide (C-peptide), cosecreted with insulin from the islets of Langerhans, permits estimation of remaining β-cell secretion of insulin. In this retrospective analysis to distinguish the incremental benefits of residual β-cell activity in type 1 diabetes, stimulated (90 min following ingestion of a mixed meal) C-peptide levels at entry in the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) were related to measures of diabetic retinopathy and nephropathy and to incidents of severe hypoglycemia. Based on the analytical sensitivity of the assay (0.03 nmol/l) and study entry criteria, the DCCT subjects were divided into four groups of stimulated C-peptide responses: ≤0.03, 0.04–0.20, 0.21–0.50 nmol/l at entry, and 0.21–0.50 nmol/l at entry and at least 1 year later (sustained C-peptide secretion). Uniformly in the intensive and partially in the conventional DCCT treatment groups, any C-peptide secretion, but especially at higher and sustained levels of stimulated C-peptide, was associated with reduced incidences of retinopathy (both a single three-step change and a repeated three-step change on the Early Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy Study [ETDRS] scale at the next 6 month visit) and nephropathy (both albuminuria >40 mg/24 h once and repeated at the next annual visit). There were also differences in severe hypoglycemia across C-peptide levels in both treatment groups. In the intensively treated cohort there were essentially identical prevalences of severe hypoglycemia (∼65% of participants) in the first three groups; however, those subjects with mixed-meal stimulated C-peptide level >0.20 nmol/l for at least baseline and the first annual visit in the DCCT experienced a reduced prevalence of ∼30%. Therefore, even modest levels of β-cell activity at entry in the DCCT were associated with reduced incidences of retinopathy and nephropathy. Also, continuing C-peptide (insulin) secretion is important in avoiding hypoglycemia (the major complication of intensive diabetic therapy).

    • AER, albumin excretion rate
    • DCCT, Diabetes Control and Complications Trial
    • ETDRS, Early Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy Study
    • HPLC, high-performance liquid chromatography

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    • Address correspondence and reprint requests to Michael W. Steffes, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Mail Code 609, 420 Delaware St. S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455. E-mail: steff001{at}umn.edu.

      Received for publication 7 February 2002 and accepted in revised form 4 December 2002.

      A table elsewhere in this issue shows conventional and Système International (SI) units and conversion factors for many substances.

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    Diabetes Care Mar 2003, 26 (3) 832-836; DOI: 10.2337/diacare.26.3.832
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