DPP4 Activities Are Associated with OsteopeniaOsteoporosis and Fracture Risk in Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes

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Background.

Recent studies have shown the beneficial effect of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4) inhibitor on bone turnover in diabetes mellitus.

However, little clinical evidence for DPP4 activity in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes is available.

This study was designed to investigate the relationship between plasma DPP4 activity and osteoporosis/osteopenia and fracture risk in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes.

Methods.

A total of 147 subjects with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes were enrolled for this cross-sectional study.

The bone mineral density (BMD) at the lumbar spine (L1-4) and femoral neck (FN) was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA).

The 10-year probability of major osteoporotic fracture (MOF) and hip fracture (HF) was assessed by a modified fracture risk algorithm (FRAX) tool.

The plasma DPP4 activity and clinical variables were measured.

Correlation analyses between DPP4 activity and osteoporosis/osteopenia and fracture risk were performed.

Results.

Elevated plasma DPP activities were significantly associated with a higher proportion of osteoporosis/osteopenia (50% for quartile-1, 56.4% for quartile-2, 65.8% for quartile-3 and 72.2% for quartile-4).

With increasing plasma DPP activities, the incidence rate of osteoporosis/osteopenia is gradually increasing (P for the trend between quartiles = 0.04).

Of note, a statistically significant linear correlation was found between plasma DPP4 activities and modified FRAX MOF (r = 0.20, P=0.02).

Moreover, plasma DPP4 activities were also positively related to modified FRAX HF in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients (r = 0.21, P=0.01).

Conclusions.

Elevated plasma DPP4 activity tended to be associated with a higher proportion of osteoporosis/osteopenia and increased the fracture risk in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes.