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- Title
Twenty-four-hour urine insulin as a measure of hyperinsulinaemia/insulin resistance before onset of pre-eclampsia and gestational hypertension.
- Authors
Emery, Stephen P.; Levine, Richard J.; Qian, Cong; Ewell, Marian G.; England, Lucinda J.; Yu, Kai F.; Catalano, Patrick M.
- Abstract
Objective To evaluate levels of 24-hour urine insulin excretion before the onset of pre-eclampsia and gestational hypertension. Design Nested case–control study within the Calcium for Preeclampsia Prevention (CPEP) study cohort. Setting Five university medical centres in the United States. Sample Cases had developed pre-eclampsia ( n= 70) or gestational hypertension ( n= 142) in the absence of gestational diabetes. Controls ( n= 429) had remained normotensive without gestational diabetes. Methods Subjects were required to have had an adequate baseline 24-hour urine collection prior to CPEP enrolment at 13–21 weeks. Controls were matched to cases by enrolment site and specimen storage time, without regard to gestational age or CPEP treatment. Adjusted mean 24-hour urine insulin excretion was, however, calculated using analysis of covariance, with adjustment models for pre-eclampsia considering body mass index, race and smoking status; and for gestational hypertension, gestational age at specimen collection, height, body mass index and smoking. Urine insulin was measured by radio-immunoassay. Main outcome measures Twenty-four-hour urine insulin excretion. Results Adjusted 24-hour urine insulin excretion at baseline (mean 17 weeks of gestation) was greater in women who developed pre-eclampsia than in normotensive controls (mean [SE]: 15.6 [1.5] vs 13.1 [1.2] × 103μIU/24 hour, P= 0.06), but not in women who developed gestational hypertension (14.7 [0.9] vs 15.0 [0.6] × 103μIU/24 hour, P= 0.79, in cases vs controls). Among women who developed pre-eclampsia, adjusted urine insulin excretion was greater than controls only in women with mild pre-eclampsia and not in severe pre-eclampsia (mild pre-eclampsia vs controls: 17.3 [2.0] vs 13.7 [1.6] × 103μIU/24 hour, P= 0.04; severe pre-eclampsia vs controls: 12.3 [2.2] vs 11.5 [1.2], P= 0.69). Conclusion The data suggest that early hyperinsulinaemia, a marker of insulin resistance, may predispose to mild pre-eclampsia.
- Subjects
URINE; INSULIN; DIABETES; PREECLAMPSIA; HYPERTENSION
- Publication
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2005, Vol 112, Issue 11, p1479
- ISSN
1470-0328
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00720.x