Rachel Parise, J. Deruiter, Jun Ren, Manoj Govindarajulu, S. Ramesh, Rishi M. Nadar, Timothy Moore, M. Dhanasekaran
{"title":"Impact of COVID-19 therapy on hyperglycemia","authors":"Rachel Parise, J. Deruiter, Jun Ren, Manoj Govindarajulu, S. Ramesh, Rishi M. Nadar, Timothy Moore, M. Dhanasekaran","doi":"10.1177/14791641221095091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14791641221095091","url":null,"abstract":"The goal of this study was to analyze the effect of COVID-19 drugs and biologicals on hyperglycemia. A literature search with key terms, such as “COVID-19 drugs and hyperglycemia” and “COVID-19 vaccines and hyperglycemia,” was conducted using PubMed through September 2021. The CDC data were referenced for current COVID-19 profile and statistics. The NIH COVID-19 guidelines were referenced for updated treatment recommendations. Micromedex and UpToDate were used for drug and disease information. Current results suggested that corticosteroids (dexamethasone), remdesivir and antivirals (lopinavir and ritonavir) all have the potential to significantly raise blood glucose levels putting patients at elevated risk for severe complications. In contrary, hydroxychloroquine is associated with hypoglycemia, and tocilizumab decreases inflammation which is associated with improving glucose levels. Other anti-cytokine bioactive molecules are correlated with lower blood glucose in patients with and without diabetes mellitus. Ivermectin, used for mild COVID-19 disease, possesses the potential for lowering blood glucose. Covishield, Pfizer-BioNTech, and Moderna have all been associated with hyperglycemia after the first dose. Individualized /personalized patient care is required for diabetic mellitus patients with COVID-19 infection. Improper drug therapy aggravates hyperglycemic conditions and other comorbid conditions, leading to increased morbidity and mortality.","PeriodicalId":11092,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes & Vascular Disease Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45959928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Mostafa, S. Mena, C. Antza, G. Balanos, K. Nirantharakumar, A. Tahrani
{"title":"Sleep behaviours and associated habits and the progression of pre-diabetes to type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis","authors":"S. Mostafa, S. Mena, C. Antza, G. Balanos, K. Nirantharakumar, A. Tahrani","doi":"10.1177/14791641221088824","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14791641221088824","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction Certain sleep behaviours increase risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the general population, but whether they contribute to the progression from pre-diabetes to T2DM is uncertain. We conducted a systematic review to assess this. Methods Structured searches were performed on bibliographic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE and CINAHL) from inception to 26/04/2021 for longitudinal studies/trials consisting of adults⩾18 years with pre-diabetes and sleep behaviours (short or long sleep duration (SD), late chronotype, insomnia, obstructive sleep apnoea, daytime napping and/or night-shift employment) that reported on incident T2DM or glycaemic changes. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale was used for quality assessment. Results Six studies were included. Meta-analysis of three studies (n = 20,139) demonstrated that short SD was associated with greater risk of progression to T2DM, hazard ratio (HR) 1.59 (95% CI 1.29-1.97), I2 heterogeneity score 0%, p < 0.0001, but not for long SD, HR 1.50 (0.86–2.62), I2 heterogeneity 77%, p = 0.15. The systematic review showed insomnia and night-shift duty were associated with higher progression to T2DM. Studies were rated as moderate-to-high quality. Conclusions Progression from pre-diabetes to T2DM increases with short SD, but only limited data exists for insomnia and night-shift duty. Whether manipulating sleep could reduce progression from pre-diabetes to T2DM needs to be examined.","PeriodicalId":11092,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes & Vascular Disease Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42662389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Sundholm, L. Litwin, K. Rönö, S. Koivusalo, J. Eriksson, T. Sarkola
{"title":"Ultra-high frequency ultrasound delineated changes in carotid and muscular artery intima-media and adventitia thickness in obese early middle-aged women","authors":"J. Sundholm, L. Litwin, K. Rönö, S. Koivusalo, J. Eriksson, T. Sarkola","doi":"10.1177/14791641221094321","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14791641221094321","url":null,"abstract":"Obesity is linked to increased arterial size, carotid intima-media thickness and arterial stiffness. The effects of obesity and body composition on muscular artery intima-media and adventitia thickness has previously not been established. The aim of this study was to explore associations between carotid and muscular artery wall layer thickness with body composition and cardiovascular risk factors in early middle-aged women. This is a cross-sectional study including 199 women aged 40±4 years. Arterial lumen (LD), intima-media (IMT) and adventitia thickness (AT) were measured from carotid, brachial and radial arteries using ultra-high frequency ultrasound (22-71 MHz). Women with obesity had increased IMT in carotid (0.47 vs 0.45 mm), brachial (0.19 vs 0.17 mm) and radial arteries (0.16 vs 0.15 mm) and increased brachial AT (0.14 vs 0.13 mm). In multiple regression models all arterial LD (β-range 0.02-0.03 mm/kg/m2), IMT (β-range 0.91-3.37 µm/kg/m2), AT (β-range 0.73-1.38 µm/kg/m2) were significantly associated with BMI. The IMT of all arteries were significantly associated with systolic blood pressure (β-range 0.36-0.85 µm/mmHg), attenuating the association between IMT and BMI (β-range 0.18-2.24 µm/kg/m2). Obese early middle-aged women have increased arterial intima media thickness and brachial artery adventitia thickness compared to non-obese counterparts. The association between BMI and intima-media thickness is partly mediated through blood pressure levels.","PeriodicalId":11092,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes & Vascular Disease Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41825639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wun-Zhih Siao, Tsung-Kun Lin, Jing-Yang Huang, Chin-Feng Tsai, Gwo-Ping Jong
{"title":"The association between sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors and incident dementia: A nationwide population-based longitudinal cohort study.","authors":"Wun-Zhih Siao, Tsung-Kun Lin, Jing-Yang Huang, Chin-Feng Tsai, Gwo-Ping Jong","doi":"10.1177/14791641221098168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14791641221098168","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The association of the use of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor and incident dementia remains unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the risk of incident dementia with the use of SGLT2 inhibitor.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This is a population-based cohort study utilizing Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database. Each patient who took SGLT2 inhibitors was assigned to the SGLT2 inhibitor group, whereas 1:1 propensity score-matched randomly selected patients who were nonusers of SGLT2 inhibitors were assigned to the non-SGLT2 inhibitor group. The study outcome was incident dementia.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 976,972 patients newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) between 2011 and 2018 were included in this study. After the patients' propensity score matching by age, sex, duration of DM, comorbidities and drug index date of the patients, a total of 103,247 patients in the SGLT2 inhibitor group and 103,247 in the non-SGLT2 inhibitor group were enrolled for analysis. The SGLT2 inhibitor group was associated with a lower risk of incident dementia (adjusted hazard ratio: 0.89, 95% confidence interval: 0.82-0.96; <i>p</i> = .0021). Diabetic complications were significantly lower in the SGLT2 inhibitor group compared with the non-SGLT2 group. Sensitivity analysis was also consistent with the main analysis.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Patients with type 2 DM who were prescribed SGLT2 inhibitors were associated with a lower risk of incident dementia compared with those not prescribed SGLT2 inhibitors in real-world practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":11092,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes & Vascular Disease Research","volume":"19 3","pages":"14791641221098168"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/f8/b7/10.1177_14791641221098168.PMC9109279.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10241705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Ekhzaimy, A. Masood, H. Benabdelkamel, Tasnem Elhassan, M. Musambil, A. Alfadda
{"title":"Plasma proteomics reveals an improved cardio-metabolic profile in patients with type 2 diabetes post-liraglutide treatment","authors":"A. Ekhzaimy, A. Masood, H. Benabdelkamel, Tasnem Elhassan, M. Musambil, A. Alfadda","doi":"10.1177/14791641221094322","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14791641221094322","url":null,"abstract":"Background Diabetes mellitus is a chronic multisystem disease with a high global prevalence, including in Saudi Arabia. The Glucagon-like Peptide (GLP-1) receptor agonist liraglutide is known to lower glucose levels, reduce weight and improve cardiovascular outcome. However, mechanisms underlying the benefits of liraglutide treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) remain unclear. Methods In the present study, a 2D-DIGE MALDI-TOF mass spectrometric approach combined with bioinformatics and network pathway analysis explore the plasma proteomic profile. The study involved 20 patients with T2DM with mean age of 54.4 ± 9.5 years and Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) between 8% and 11% (inclusive). Results A statistically significant change (p < .006) was observed in HbA1c with no significant changes in body weight, renal function, or markers of dyslipidemia post-treatment with liraglutide. 2 D-DIGE gel analysis identified significant changes (⩾1.5-fold change, Analysis of variance (ANOVA), p ⩽ 0.05) in 72 proteins, (62 down and 10 up) in liraglutide pre-treatment compared to the post-treatment state. Proteins identified in our study were found to regulate metabolic processes including acute phase response proteins, enzymes, apolipoproteins with involvement of the inflammatory signaling pathways, NF-κB, AKT, and p38 MAPK Conclusion Liraglutide treatment decreased levels of acute phase response that to reduce the systemic chronic inflammatory state and oxidative stress, and eventually improve the cardio-metabolic profile in these patients.","PeriodicalId":11092,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes & Vascular Disease Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46155201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Kietsiriroje, S. Pearson, L. O’Mahoney, D. West, R. Ariëns, R. Ajjan, M. Campbell
{"title":"Glucose variability is associated with an adverse vascular profile but only in the presence of insulin resistance in individuals with type 1 diabetes: An observational study","authors":"N. Kietsiriroje, S. Pearson, L. O’Mahoney, D. West, R. Ariëns, R. Ajjan, M. Campbell","doi":"10.1177/14791641221103217","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14791641221103217","url":null,"abstract":"Aims/Hypothesis We hypothesised that the detrimental effect of high glucose variability (GV) in people with type 1 diabetes is mainly evident in those with concomitant insulin resistance. Methods We conducted secondary analyses on continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) using baseline observational data from three randomised controlled trials and assessed the relationship with established vascular markers. We used standard CGM summary statistics and principal component analysis to generate individual glucose variability signatures for each participant. Cluster analysis was then employed to establish three GV clusters (low, intermediate, or high GV, respectively). The relationship with thrombotic biomarkers was then investigated according to insulin resistance, assessed as estimated glucose disposal rate (eGDR). Results Of 107 patients, 45%, 37%, and 18% of patients were assigned into low, intermediate, and high GV clusters, respectively. Thrombosis biomarkers (including fibrinogen, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, tissue factor activity, and tumour necrosis factor-alpha) increased in a stepwise fashion across all three GV clusters; this increase in thrombosis markers was evident in the presence of low but not high eGDR and at a threshold of eGDR <5.1 mg/kg/min. Conclusion Higher GV is associated with increased thrombotic biomarkers in type 1 diabetes but only in those with concomitant insulin resistance.","PeriodicalId":11092,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes & Vascular Disease Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48795923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SuA Oh, Sujata Purja, Hocheol Shin, Minji Kim, Eunyoung Kim
{"title":"Hypoglycemic agents and glycemic variability in individuals with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and network meta-analysis","authors":"SuA Oh, Sujata Purja, Hocheol Shin, Minji Kim, Eunyoung Kim","doi":"10.1177/14791641221106866","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14791641221106866","url":null,"abstract":"While hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) is commonly used to monitor therapy response in type 2 diabetes (T2D), GV is emerging as an essential additional metric for optimizing glycemic control. Our goal was to learn more about the impact of hypoglycemic agents on HbA1c levels and GV in patients with T2D. A systematic review and network meta-analysis (NMA) of randomized controlled trials were performed to assess the effects of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), sodium-glucose cotransporter (SGLT)-2 inhibitors, dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP)-4 inhibitors, sulfonylurea and thiazolidinediones on Mean Amplitude of Glycemic Excursions (MAGE) and HbA1c. Searches were performed using PubMed and EMBASE. A random-effect model was used in the NMA, and the surface under the cumulative ranking was used to rank comparisons. All studies were checked for quality according to their design and also for heterogeneity before inclusion in this NMA. The highest reduction in MAGE was achieved by GLP-1 RAs (SUCRA 0.83), followed by DPP-4 inhibitors (SUCRA: 0.72), and thiazolidinediones (SUCRA: 0.69). In terms of HbA1c reduction, GLP-1 RAs were the most effective (SUCRA 0.81), followed by DPP-4 inhibitors (SUCRA 0.72) and sulfonylurea (SUCRA 0.65). Our findings indicated that GLP-1 RAs have relatively high efficacy in terms of HbA1c and MAGE reduction when compared with other hypoglycemic agents and can thus have clinical application. Future studies with a larger sample size and appropriate subgroup analyses are warranted to completely understand the glycemic effects of these agents in various patients with T2D. The protocol for this systematic review was registered with the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (CRD42021256363).","PeriodicalId":11092,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes & Vascular Disease Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43341846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lindsy Kass, Julia C Sanderson, Terun Desai, Rebecca Hurst
{"title":"The relationship between the elevation of haemoglobin A1c level, sleep quality and sleep duration in clinically diagnosed pre-diabetic patients in a nationally representative sample.","authors":"Lindsy Kass, Julia C Sanderson, Terun Desai, Rebecca Hurst","doi":"10.1177/14791641211067421","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14791641211067421","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background/objectives: </strong>Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is one of the most common chronic illnesses in the United Kingdom accounting for approximately 15% of deaths per year. Growing evidence suggests that sleep duration and quality contributes towards this. This study aimed to determine whether there was a significant relationship between the elevation of haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level, sleep quality (SQ) and sleep duration (SD) in clinically diagnosed pre-diabetic patients.</p><p><strong>Subjects/methods: </strong>Following referral from a relevant healthcare professional, participants (<i>n</i> = 40) were registered on the National Health Service England, funded Healthier You: National Diabetes Prevention Programme and completed a Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index questionnaire to evaluate SQ and SD.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A Spearman's correlation showed an association between HbA1c, SQ and SD measures. A simple linear regression showed a significant large positive association (rs = 0.913, <i>p</i> < 0.001) and significant regression (F (1) = 39, <i>p</i> < 0.001) with an R2 of 0.842 between HbA1c level and SQ. Additionally, a significant large negative association (rs = 0.757, <i>p</i> < 0.001) and significant regression was found (F (1) = 39, <i>p</i> < 0.001) with an R2 of 0.570 between HbA1c and SD.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study suggests a relationship between SQ, SD and the elevation of HbA1c which may contribute towards prevalence of T2DM and may help to increase adherence to diabetes prevention programmes.</p>","PeriodicalId":11092,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes & Vascular Disease Research","volume":"19 1","pages":"14791641211067421"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8851951/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39801255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sam M Pearson, Noppadol Kietsiriroje, Beverley Whittam, Rebecca J Birch, Matthew D Campbell, Ramzi A Ajjan
{"title":"Risk factors associated with mortality in individuals with type 2 diabetes following an episode of severe hypoglycaemia. Results from a randomised controlled trial.","authors":"Sam M Pearson, Noppadol Kietsiriroje, Beverley Whittam, Rebecca J Birch, Matthew D Campbell, Ramzi A Ajjan","doi":"10.1177/14791641211067415","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14791641211067415","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Severe hypoglycaemia may pose significant risk to individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D), and evidence surrounding strategies to mitigate this risk is lacking.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data was re-analysed from a previous randomised controlled trial studying the impact of nurse-led intervention on mortality following severe hypoglycaemia in the community. A Cox-regression model was used to identify baseline characteristics associated with mortality and to adjust for differences between groups. Kaplan-Meier curves were created to demonstrate differences in outcome between groups across different variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 124 participants (mean age = 75, 56.5% male) were analysed. In univariate analysis, Diabetes Severity Score (DSS), age and insulin use were baseline factors found to correlate to mortality, while HbA1C and established cardiovascular disease showed no significant correlations. Hazard ratio favoured the intervention (0.68, 95% CI: 0.38-1.19) and in multivariate analysis, only DSS demonstrated a relationship with mortality. Comparison of Kaplan-Meier curves across study groups suggested the intervention is beneficial irrespective of HbA1c, diabetes severity score or age.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>While DSS predicts mortality following severe community hypoglycaemia in individuals with T2D, a structured nurse-led intervention appears to reduce the risk of death across a range of baseline parameters.</p>","PeriodicalId":11092,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes & Vascular Disease Research","volume":"19 1","pages":"14791641211067415"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8801660/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39866466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of prediabetes and duration of diabetes on radial artery atherosclerosis in acute coronary syndrome patients: An optical coherence tomography study.","authors":"Zixuan Li, Zhe Tang, Yujie Wang, Zijing Liu, Senhu Wang, Yuntao Wang, Guozhong Wang, Yuping Wang, Jincheng Guo","doi":"10.1177/14791641221078108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14791641221078108","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Prediabetes (PDM) and diabetes mellitus (DM) are common among acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients. The present study evaluated the association between diabetes status and radial artery (RA) atherosclerosis using optical coherence tomography (OCT) in ACS patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 335 ACS patients who underwent RA OCT were categorized into the DM group, the PDM group, and the normal glucose metabolism (NGM) group. OCT characteristics and clinical variables were compared.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>RA atherosclerotic plaques were more frequent in the PDM and DM groups than in the NGM group (38.7% vs. 33.3% vs. 16.1%, <i>p</i> = 0.001). Lipid and calcified plaque occurrence were significantly more common in the DM group, followed by the PDM and NGM groups (19.3% vs. 14.6% vs. 6.5%, <i>p</i> = 0.027; 11.8% vs. 6.5% vs. 1.1%, <i>p</i> = 0.009). The prevalence of microvessels in the PDM group was significantly higher (42.7% vs 23.7%, <i>p</i> = 0.017) than in the NGM group but was comparable to the DM group. Multivariate analysis revealed that HbA1c level and age were independent predictors of RA plaque formation and eccentric intimal hyperplasia (all <i>p</i><0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>RA atherosclerosis characteristics differ according to diabetes status. HbA1c level could be a useful marker for RA atherosclerosis progression in ACS patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":11092,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes & Vascular Disease Research","volume":"19 1","pages":"14791641221078108"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/96/d5/10.1177_14791641221078108.PMC8866250.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39938427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}