Abstract
Introduction: Glucocorticoids are commonly prescribed medications with a known side effect of hyperglycemia due to their effect on glucose metabolism. However, only 10-50% of patients receiving glucocorticoids develop overt hyperglycemia. It is unknown whether patients with increased genetic risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D) are predisposed to develop hyperglycemia after glucocorticoid treatment. Methods: We accessed electronic health records and genetic data in the Mass General Brigham Biobank. We examined patients with no diagnosis of diabetes or prediabetes who received a glucocorticoid dose equivalent to 10 mg of prednisone or more, and who had glucose levels checked within 7 days of glucocorticoid administration. Hyperglycemia was defined as fasting blood glucose ≥126 mg/dL or random blood glucose ≥200 mg/dL. A T2D global extended polygenic score was constructed through a meta-analysis of T2D genome-wide association studies in the Million Veteran Program, DIAMANTE, and FinnGen. We performed logistic regression to analyze the association between the polygenic score and hyperglycemia, controlling for age, gender, BMI, baseline creatinine, glucocorticoid dose and duration, and the first 10 principal components of genetic ancestry. Results: Out of 552 patients who received glucocorticoids, 216 developed hyperglycemia and 336 did not. The T2D polygenic score was significantly associated with glucocorticoid-induced hyperglycemia (p = 0.032, OR = 1.5 per standard deviation of the polygenic score). Other significant covariates included baseline creatinine (p = 8.0 × 10−4, OR = 2.2 per mg/dL of creatinine) and glucocorticoid dose (p = 9.5 × 10−5, OR = 1.01 per 10 mg of prednisone). Conclusions: Patients carrying a higher burden of genetic variants that confer risk for T2D have an increased risk of hyperglycemia after receiving glucocorticoids. This finding offers a mechanism for risk stratification as part of a precision approach to medical treatment. Disclosure A.J.Deutsch: None. P.H.Schroeder: None. R.Mandla: None. F.Erenler: None. J.M.Mercader: None. M.Udler: None. J.C.Florez: Consultant; AstraZeneca, Novo Nordisk, Other Relationship; AstraZeneca, Merck & Co., Inc. L.Brenner: None. Funding National Institutes of Health (T32DK007028)
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