Asprosin Levels in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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Abstract
Jovana Ristic,1 Sena Kodalak,2 Gonzalo Alberto Peralta-Jiménez,3 Maria Fernanda Moura de Lima,4 Marijana Kovacevic,5 Srdjan Masic,6 Tatjana Nikolic1,7 1Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; 2Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey; 3Arica and Parinacota Health Service, Subdirectorate of Healthcare Management, Arica, Chile; 4Federal University of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil; 5Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Foca, University of East Sarajevo, Foca, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 6Department of Primary Health Care and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of East Sarajevo, Foca, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 7Institute of Medical and Clinical Biochemistry “Ljubiša Rakić”, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, SerbiaCorrespondence: Marijana Kovacevic, Email kovacevicvmarijana@gmail.com Tatjana Nikolic, Email tatjana.nikolic@med.bg.ac.rsPurpose: Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) significantly affects health and healthcare costs due to chronic kidney disease complications. Given asprosin’s potential as a biomarker for disease progression, we conducted the first systematic review and meta-analysis on its relationship with DKD in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).Methods: PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, and Web of Science were systematically searched. Standard mean differences (SMD) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) and Fisher’s Z transformation were used to examine the relationship between asprosin and DKD. The risk of bias was evaluated using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) and its version for cross-sectional studies. Heterogeneity (I² > 50%) was analyzed with a random-effects model.Results: Six studies (n = 1340) were included. Meta-analysis results indicated that T2DM patients with DKD (micro/macroalbuminuria) had significantly higher circulating asprosin levels than normoalbuminuric T2DM patients (SMD: 1.5, 95% CI: 0.69– 2.32, p = 0.0003). Meta-analysis of correlation revealed a positive association of asprosin with urinary albumin excretion ratio (UACR) (Fisher’s Z = 0.4; 95% CI: 0.240– 0.554, p < 0.001) and body mass index (BMI) (Fisher’s Z = 0.17; 95% CI: 0.036– 0.301, p = 0.013), and a negative association with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) (Fisher’s Z = − 0.35; 95% CI: − 0.471 to − 0.239, p < 0.001).Conclusion: Asprosin is elevated in T2DM patients with pre-DKD (early stage DKD) and DKD and correlates with key markers of disease severity. Additional research is required to better understand the pathophysiological mechanisms of asprosin and its role in DKD.Keywords: asprosin, diabetic kidney disease, diabetes mellitus, adipokine, eGFR, albuminuria
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Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.007 | 0.016 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.012 | 0.020 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.004 | 0.006 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.003 | 0.000 |
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