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Publication Name World Journal of Diabetes
Manuscript ID 122820
Country China
Category Endocrinology & Metabolism
Manuscript Type Clinical Trials Study
Article Title Cluster-based metabolic subphenotypes and projected cross-organ risk in Chinese adults with prediabetes
Manuscript Source Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List Shu-Han Zhang, Li-Ping Yu, Jin-Ping Zhang, Lu-Lu Song, Li-Li Wu, Zhao-Qing Li, Yi-Fan He, Rui-Fen Deng, Wan-Lu Ma, Cong Zhang, Xian Jin and Bo Zhang
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Funding Agency Grant Number
National High-Level Hospital Clinical Research Funding No. 2025-NHLHCRF-JBGS-B-WZ-01
National Key Research and Development Program of China No. 2018YFC1313902
Corresponding Author Bo Zhang, MD, Professor, Department of Endocrinology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, No. 2 Yinghua East Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100029, China. zhangbo@zryhyy.com.cn
Key Words Prediabetic state; Metabolic subphenotypes; Cluster analysis; Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome; Cardiovascular diseases; Chronic renal insufficiency; Liver fibrosis; Insulin deficiency
Core Tip Prediabetes is not a uniform metabolic state. In this Chinese multicenter cohort, cluster-defined subphenotypes showed distinct projected cardio–kidney–liver risk-score patterns. Mild age-related dysmetabolism represented a broad, age-loaded projected-risk subtype across Framingham, chronic kidney disease prognosis consortium, and fibrosis-4 domains. Severe insulin deficiency showed the most unexpected signal: Despite lower adiposity and lack of a classical insulin-resistant phenotype, it remained enriched for projected chronic kidney disease risk and fibrosis-4-defined liver fibrosis-risk signal. These findings connect prediabetes subphenotyping with an integrated organ-risk framework and support prospective validation of subtype-informed risk assessment before overt diabetes.
Citation Zhang SH, Yu LP, Zhang JP, Song LL, Wu LL, Li ZQ, He YF, Deng RF, Ma WL, Zhang C, Jin X, Zhang B. Cluster-based metabolic subphenotypes and projected cross-organ risk in Chinese adults with prediabetes. World J Diabetes 2026; In press
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ISSN 1948-9358 (online)
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