Abstract:Objective To investigate the correlation of serum miR-152 expression with glycolipid metabolism and insulin resistance in diabetic patients.Methods A total of 109 patients with abnormal blood sugar in our hospital from January to November 2018 were selected and divided into pre-T2DM (type 2 diabetes mellitus) group (n = 45) and T2DM group (n = 64). At the same time, 70 healthy people in outpatient department of our hospital were selected as control group. The serum levels of fasting insulin (FINS), total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), fasting blood glucose (FBG), and miR-152 were measured. The homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) and β-cell function (HOMA-β) were evaluated. Besides, the correlations of miR-152 with blood lipid, FBG, FINS, HOMA-IR and HOMA-β were analyzed.Results Compared with the control group, the levels of serum miR-152, FBG, FINS, TG, TC and LDL-C as well as HOMA-IR value were higher in pre-T2DM group and T2DM group (P < 0.05), while the serum levels of HDL-C and HOMA-β value were lower (P < 0.05). Compared with the pre-T2DM group, the levels of serum miR-152, FBG, FINS, TG, TC and LDL-C as well as HOMA-IR value were higher in the T2DM group (P < 0.05), while the serum levels of HDL-C and HOMA-β value were lower (P < 0.05). Further analysis showed that miR-152 positively correlated with TG (r = 0.844), TC (r = 0.755), LDL-C (r = 0.833), FBG (r = 0.528), FINS (r = 0.576) and HOMA-IR (r = 0.635) (P < 0.05), but negatively correlated with HDL-C (r = -0.655) and HOMA-β (r = -0.603) in patients with T2DM (P < 0.05). Multivariate Logistic regression analysis indicated that the high level of serum miR-152 [R = 2.831 (95% CI: 1.736, 4.618)] was a risk factor for insulin resistance.Conclusions The level of serum miR-152 is up-regulated in patients with T2DM, which may affect the development of T2DM by regulating lipid metabolism.