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Water Supplementation Reduces Copeptin and Plasma Glucose in Adults With High Copeptin : The H2O Metabolism Pilot Study

Enhörning, Sofia LU ; Brunkwall, Louise LU ; Tasevska, Irina LU ; Ericson, Ulrika LU ; Persson Tholin, Jenny ; Persson, Margaretha LU orcid ; Lemetais, Guillaume ; Vanhaecke, Tiphaine ; Dolci, Alberto and Perrier, Erica T , et al. (2019) In The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 104(6). p.1917-1925
Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Because elevated copeptin, a marker of vasopressin, is linked to low water intake and high diabetes risk, we tested the effect of water supplementation on copeptin and fasting glucose.

DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Thirty-one healthy adults with high copeptin (>10.7 pmol · L-1 in men and >6.1 pmol·L-1 in women) identified in a population-based survey from 2013 to 2015 and with a current 24-hour urine osmolality of >600 mOsm · kg-1 were included.

INTERVENTION: Addition of 1.5 L water daily on top of habitual fluid intake for 6 weeks.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Pre- and postintervention fasting plasma copeptin concentrations.

RESULTS: Reported mean water intake increased from 0.43 to 1.35 L ·... (More)

OBJECTIVE: Because elevated copeptin, a marker of vasopressin, is linked to low water intake and high diabetes risk, we tested the effect of water supplementation on copeptin and fasting glucose.

DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Thirty-one healthy adults with high copeptin (>10.7 pmol · L-1 in men and >6.1 pmol·L-1 in women) identified in a population-based survey from 2013 to 2015 and with a current 24-hour urine osmolality of >600 mOsm · kg-1 were included.

INTERVENTION: Addition of 1.5 L water daily on top of habitual fluid intake for 6 weeks.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Pre- and postintervention fasting plasma copeptin concentrations.

RESULTS: Reported mean water intake increased from 0.43 to 1.35 L · d-1 (P < 0.001), with no other observed changes in diet. Median (interquartile range) urine osmolality was reduced from 879 (705, 996) to 384 (319, 502) mOsm · kg-1 (P < 0.001); urine volume increased from 1.06 (0.90, 1.20) to 2.27 (1.52, 2.67) L · d-1 (P < 0.001); and baseline copeptin decreased from 12.9 (7.4, 21.9) pmol · L-1 to 7.8 (4.6;11.3) pmol · L-1 (P < 0.001). Water supplementation reduced fasting plasma glucose from a mean (SD) of 5.94 (0.44) to 5.74 (0.51) (P = 0.04). The water-associated reduction of both fasting copeptin and glucose concentration in plasma was most pronounced in participants in the top tertile of baseline copeptin.

CONCLUSIONS: Water supplementation in persons with habitually low water consumption and high copeptin levels is effective in lowering copeptin. It appears a safe and promising intervention with the potential of lowering fasting plasma glucose and thus reducing diabetes risk. Further investigations are warranted to support these findings.

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The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
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Oxford University Press
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1945-7197
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10.1210/jc.2018-02195
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  author       = {{Enhörning, Sofia and Brunkwall, Louise and Tasevska, Irina and Ericson, Ulrika and Persson Tholin, Jenny and Persson, Margaretha and Lemetais, Guillaume and Vanhaecke, Tiphaine and Dolci, Alberto and Perrier, Erica T and Melander, Olle}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  pages        = {{1917--1925}},
  publisher    = {{Oxford University Press}},
  series       = {{The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism}},
  title        = {{Water Supplementation Reduces Copeptin and Plasma Glucose in Adults With High Copeptin : The H2O Metabolism Pilot Study}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jc.2018-02195}},
  doi          = {{10.1210/jc.2018-02195}},
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