Abstract: Objective To detect the serum levels of PTX3 in patients with non-alcohol fatty liver disease(NAFLD) and to analyze the relationship between serum PTX3 and oxidative stress, insulin resistance(IR) in non-alcohol fatty liver disease. Methods Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was applied to detect the serum PTX3 in 41 NAFLD patients complicated with IR, 93 NAFLD patients without IR and 140 healthy controls. Besides, metabolic parameters clinical data was collected. Correlation analysis was performed to explore the relationship between serum PTX3 and oxidative stress, insulin and IR. The multivariate logistic regression analysis was applied to analyze the risks factors for NAFLD patients complicated with IR. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses were performed to explore the diagnosis value of PTX3 in IR of NAFLD patients. Results The average PTX3 in serum concentration in non-alcohol fatty liver disease patients was significantly higher than that in healthy controls [(3.2 ± 1.2) ng/ml vs. (2.5 ± 0.6) ng/ml, P = 0.000]. The concentration in NAFLD patients complicated with IR was also higher thanthat in NAFLD patients without IR[(4.5 ± 1.2) ng/ml vs. (2.0 ± 0.6) ng/ml, P = 0.001]. Correlation analysis indicated that PTX3 was positively correlated to HOMA-IR (r = 0.236, P = 0.001), fasting plasma glucose (r = 0.312, P = 0.012), MDA (r = 0.004, P = 0.001), and negatively correlated to GSH (r = -303, P = 0.001). Multiple logistics regression analysis showed that PTX3 was an independent protective factor for non-alcohol fatty liver disease with IR (OR 1.45, 95% CI :1.13-1.912, P = 0. 041). The area under the ROC curves for PTX3 to distinguish IR from NAFLD was 0.712 for PTX3, with a cut-off value of 3.86 ng/ml (sensitivity: 51.9%; specificity: 94.5%; P = 0.012). In addition, individuals in non-alcohol fatty liver disease patients with higher 3.86 ng/ml PTX3 were associated with increased risk of IR (OR = 3.67, 95%CI: 3.19-13.36, P = 0.000). Multiple stepwise linear regression analysis showed that GSH, hs-CRP and HOMA-IR were independent risk factors for PTX3. Conclusions PTX3 is closely related to oxidative stress and insulin resistance in NAFLD. It is useful for disease surveillance by monitoring PTX3.
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