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. 2024 Dec;101(6):605-613.
doi: 10.1111/cen.15118. Epub 2024 Jul 22.

Higher risk of incident diabetes among patients with primary hyperparathyroidism

Yingchai Zhang  1 , Hongjiang Wu  1 , Aimin Yang  1 , Noel Y H Ng  1 , Xinge Zhang  1 , Eric S H Lau  1 , Edith W K Chow  1 , Alice P S Kong  1   2   3 , Elaine Y K Chow  1   2   3 , Juliana C N Chan  1   2   3 , Andrea O Y Luk  1   2   3 , Ronald C W Ma  1   2   3
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Higher risk of incident diabetes among patients with primary hyperparathyroidism

Yingchai Zhang et al. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2024 Dec.

Abstract

Objectives: There is relatively scarce data regarding the association between primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) and incident diabetes in large population-based longitudinal studies. We aimed to evaluate the risk of incident diabetes in individuals with and without PHPT and investigate the association between serum calcium concentrations and the risk of incident diabetes in patients with PHPT.

Methods: We included 2749 PHPT patients and 13,745 age, sex and index year matched non-PHPT individuals during 2000-2019. We used Cox regression models to compare the risk of incident diabetes in individuals with and without PHPT, and the risk of incident diabetes in PHPT patients with serum calcium concentration above and below the median value. The association between serum calcium concentrations and the risk of incident diabetes was examined by restricted cubic spline analyses in patients with PHPT.

Results: During a median follow-up time of 5.17 years (IQR 2.17, 9.58), 433 patients (15.75%) with PHPT and 2110 individuals (15.35%) without PHPT developed diabetes, respectively. Patients with PHPT had a higher incidence rate of diabetes compared to non-PHPT individuals (27.60 [95% CI 25.00, 30.30] vs. 23.90 [95% CI 22.80, 24.90] per 1000 person-years, log-rank test p = .007]. Crude Cox regression model showed PHPT was associated with a 15% higher risk of incident diabetes (HR 1.15, 95%CI 1.04, 1.28). In patients with PHPT, a 44% higher risk of incident diabetes was found in patients with serum calcium concentrations above the median value (2.63 mmol/L), compared to those below the median value (HR 1.44, 95%CI 1.08, 1.90). Restricted cubic spline analyses confirmed a positive linear association between serum calcium concentrations and the risk of incident diabetes in those with PHPT (p-value for nonlinear = .751) CONCLUSIONS: Patients with PHPT had a higher risk of incident diabetes compared to non-PHPT individuals. A positive linear association was found between serum calcium concentrations and the risk of incident diabetes in patients with PHPT.

Keywords: diabetes mellitus; hypercalcaemia; incidence rate; primary hyperparathyroidism.

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