Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance and survival in patients with diabetes and acute coronary syndrome

Barbara E. Stähli*, Anna Nozza, Ilse C. Schrieks, John B. Buse, Klas Malmberg, Linda Mellbin, Bruce Neal, Stephen J. Nicholls, Lars Rydén, Anders Svensson, Hans Wedel, Arlette Weichert, A. Michael Lincoff, Diederick E. Grobbee, Jean Claude Tardif, Gregory G. Schwartz

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Abstract

Objective: Insulin resistance has been linked to development and progression of atherosclerosis and is present in most patients with type 2 diabetes. Whether the degree of insulin resistance predicts adverse outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes and acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is uncertain.

Design: The Effect of Aleglitazar on Cardiovascular Outcomes after Acute Coronary Syndrome in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus trial compared the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α/γ agonist aleglitazar with placebo in patients with type 2 diabetes and recent ACS. In participants not treated with insulin, we determined whether baseline homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR; n = 4303) or the change in HOMA-IR on assigned study treatment (n = 3568) was related to the risk of death or major adverse cardiovascular events (cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, and stroke) in unadjusted and adjusted models. Because an inverse association of HOMA-IR with N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) has been described, we specifically examined effects of adjustment for the latter.

Results: In unadjusted analysis, twofold higher baseline HOMA-IR was associated with lower risk of death [hazard ratio (HR): 0.79, 95% CI: 0.68 to 0.91, P = 0.002]. Adjustment for 24 standard demographic and clinical variables had minimal effect on this association. However, after further adjustment for NT-proBNP, the association of HOMA-IR with death was no longer present (adjusted HR: 0.99, 95% CI: 0.83 to 1.19, P = 0.94). Baseline HOMA-IR was not associated with major adverse cardiovascular events, nor was the change in HOMA-IR on study treatment associated with death or major adverse cardiovascular events.

Conclusions: After accounting for levels of NT-proBNP, insulin resistance assessed by HOMA-IR is not related to the risk of death or major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes and ACS.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2522-2533
Number of pages12
JournalJournal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
Volume103
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2018

Keywords

  • Acute Coronary Syndrome/etiology
  • Aged
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications
  • Female
  • Homeostasis
  • Humans
  • Hypoglycemic Agents/therapeutic use
  • Insulin/therapeutic use
  • Insulin Resistance
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Natriuretic Peptide, Brain/blood
  • Oxazoles/therapeutic use
  • Peptide Fragments/blood
  • Proportional Hazards Models
  • Risk Assessment/methods
  • Risk Factors
  • Survival Analysis
  • Thiophenes/therapeutic use

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