Is the immune marker soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor associated with new-onset diabetes in non-smoking women and men?
In these explorative analyses, the soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor associated independently with incident diabetes in non-smokers, supporting an immune origin of Type 2 diabetes. Competing disease risk may explain lack of association among smokers.
This study unequivocally demonstrated a relationship between spinal mobility and radiographic damage. However, spinal mobility cannot be used as a proxy for radiographic evaluation in an individual patient.