TY - JOUR
T1 - Differences in clinical characteristics between patients with and without type 2 diabetes hospitalized with a first myocardial infarction
AU - Kasteleyn, Marise J.
AU - Vos, Rimke C.
AU - Jansen, Hanneke
AU - Rutten, Guy E H M
PY - 2016/7
Y1 - 2016/7
N2 - AimsTo explore differences in clinical characteristics of patients with and without type 2 diabetes (T2DM) hospitalized with a first myocardial infarction (MI).MethodsIn this cross-sectional study we examined differences between patients with and without T2DM hospitalized with a first MI (n = 563). Multiple linear regression modeling was used to examine the association between T2DM and age of occurrence of MI. We adjusted for gender, systolic blood pressure (BP), lipids and creatinine level to examine whether these variables explained the association between T2DM and age of occurrence of MI.ResultsAmong 563 patients with a first MI, T2DM patients (n = 77) were older than non-diabetic patients (67.8 ± 10.9 vs. 64.4 ± 13.4 years, p < 0.05), had lower LDL (2.5 ± 0.8 vs. 3.4 ± 1.1 mmol/l, p < 0.001) and total cholesterol levels (4.4 ± 0.9 vs. 5.4 ± 1.2 mmol/l, p < 0.001), but higher systolic BP (150.3 ± 29.9 vs. 141.7 ± 27.5 mmHg, p < 0.05). The association between T2DM and age of occurrence of MI was largely explained by cholesterol levels.ConclusionsT2DM patients were older when hospitalized with a first MI. This difference was largely explained by differences in cholesterol levels. The lower cholesterol levels in T2DM patients compared to non-diabetic patients, and maybe also the older age of occurrence of MI, might reflect the results successful primary prevention and systematic monitoring in T2DM.
AB - AimsTo explore differences in clinical characteristics of patients with and without type 2 diabetes (T2DM) hospitalized with a first myocardial infarction (MI).MethodsIn this cross-sectional study we examined differences between patients with and without T2DM hospitalized with a first MI (n = 563). Multiple linear regression modeling was used to examine the association between T2DM and age of occurrence of MI. We adjusted for gender, systolic blood pressure (BP), lipids and creatinine level to examine whether these variables explained the association between T2DM and age of occurrence of MI.ResultsAmong 563 patients with a first MI, T2DM patients (n = 77) were older than non-diabetic patients (67.8 ± 10.9 vs. 64.4 ± 13.4 years, p < 0.05), had lower LDL (2.5 ± 0.8 vs. 3.4 ± 1.1 mmol/l, p < 0.001) and total cholesterol levels (4.4 ± 0.9 vs. 5.4 ± 1.2 mmol/l, p < 0.001), but higher systolic BP (150.3 ± 29.9 vs. 141.7 ± 27.5 mmHg, p < 0.05). The association between T2DM and age of occurrence of MI was largely explained by cholesterol levels.ConclusionsT2DM patients were older when hospitalized with a first MI. This difference was largely explained by differences in cholesterol levels. The lower cholesterol levels in T2DM patients compared to non-diabetic patients, and maybe also the older age of occurrence of MI, might reflect the results successful primary prevention and systematic monitoring in T2DM.
KW - Cholesterol
KW - Clinical characteristics
KW - Myocardial infarction
KW - Prevention
KW - Type 2 diabetes
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2016.03.024
DO - 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2016.03.024
M3 - Article
C2 - 27134032
AN - SCOPUS:84964299711
SN - 1056-8727
VL - 30
SP - 830
EP - 833
JO - Journal of Diabetes and its Complications
JF - Journal of Diabetes and its Complications
IS - 5
ER -