Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2017
Journal
Women's Midlife Health
Volume
3
Issue
5
DOI
10.1186/s40695-017-0023-9
Abstract
Background
Reproductive age may be a risk factor for vascular disease. Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is produced by viable ovarian follicles and reflects reproductive age. We examined whether AMH concentrations were associated with markers of subclinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) and kidney disease among women with type 1 diabetes.
Methods
We performed a cross-sectional analysis of the Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications Study. Participants included women with type 1 diabetes and ≥1 AMH measurement (n = 390). In multivariable regression models which adjusted for repeated measures, we examined the associations between AMH with CVD risk factors, estimated glomerular filtration rate, and albumin excretion ratio. We also examined whether initial AMH concentrations were associated with the presence of any coronary artery calcification (CAC) or carotid intima media thickness (cIMT).
Results
After adjustment for age, AMH was not associated with waist circumference, blood pressure, lipid profiles, or renal function. Higher initial AMH concentrations had borderline but non-significant associations with the presence of CAC after adjustment for age (odds ratio [OR] 1.08, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.00, 1.16) which were minimally altered by addition of other CVD risk factors, although women in the 3rd quartile of AMH had lower odds of CAC than women in the lowest quartile (OR 0.40, 95% CI 0.17, 0.94). After adjustment for age, higher AMH was associated with statistically significant but only slightly higher cIMT (0.005 mm, p = 0.0087) which was minimally altered by addition of other CVD risk factors.
Conclusions
Among midlife women with type 1 diabetes, AMH has slight but significant associations with subclinical measures of atherosclerosis. Future studies should examine whether these associations are clinically significant.
Trial registration
NCT00360815 and NCT00360893 Study Start Date April 1994.
Creative Commons License
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APA Citation
Kim, C., Pan, Y., Braffett, B., Arends, V., Steffes, M., Wessells, H., & Sarma, A. V. (2017). Anti-Müllerian hormone and its relationships with subclinical cardiovascular disease and renal disease in a longitudinal cohort study of women with type 1 diabetes. Women's Midlife Health, 3 (5). http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40695-017-0023-9
Peer Reviewed
1
Open Access
1
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Biostatistics Commons, Endocrine System Diseases Commons, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Commons, Epidemiology Commons
Comments
Reproduced with permission of BioMed Central Ltd. Women's Midlife Health