Role of diabetes and insulin use in the risk of stroke and acute myocardial infarction in patients with atrial fibrillation: A Medicare analysis - 14/07/19
Abstract |
Background |
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with elevated risk for ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction (MI). The aim of the study is to assess the role of insulin use on the risk of stroke and MI in AF patients with diabetes.
Methods |
We identified Medicare beneficiaries with new AF in 2011 to 2013. Primary outcomes were ischemic stroke and MI. Multivariate Cox regression models were used to assess the association between AF and time to stroke and MI. We adjusted for anticoagulant as a time-dependent covariate.
Results |
Out of 798,592 AF patients, 53,212 (6.7%) were insulin-requiring diabetics (IRD), 250,214 (31.3%) were non-insulin requiring diabetics (NIRD) and 495,166 (62%) were non-diabetics (ND). IRD had a higher risk of stroke when compared to NIRD (adjusted HR: 1.15, 95% CI 1.10-1.21) and ND (aHR 1.24, 95% CI 1.18-1.31) (P < .01 for both). The risk of stroke was higher in NIRD compared to ND (aHR 1.08, 95% CI 1.05-1.12). For the outcome of MI, IRD had a higher risk compared to NIRD (aHR 1.24, 95% CI 1.18-1.31) and ND (aHR 1.46, 95% CI 1.38-1.54)]. NIRD had a higher risk compared to ND (aHR 1.17, 95% CI 1.13-1.22). Anticoagulation were most effective at preventing stroke in ND [0.72 (0.69-0.75)], and NIRD [0.88 (0.85-0.92)], but were not associated with significant reduction in stroke in IRD [0.96 (0.89-1.04)].
Conclusion |
There is an incremental risk of ischemic stroke and MI from non-diabetics to non-insulin diabetics with the highest risk in insulin users. Protective effect of anticoagulation is attenuated with insulin use.
Il testo completo di questo articolo è disponibile in PDF.Mappa
| Funding: This study is supported by funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ; R01 HS023104), and by the Health Services Research and Development Service (HSR&D) of the Department of Veterans Affairs. |
|
| Disclosures: The authors do not have any conflicts of interest or financial relationships related to the content of this manuscript. All authors had access to the data and participated in the design and writing of the manuscript. The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not represent the Department of Veterans Affairs. |
Vol 214
P. 158-166 - Agosto 2019 Ritorno al numero
Articolo precedente
- Creatinine versus cystatin C to estimate glomerular filtration rate in adults with congenital heart disease: Results of the Boston Adult Congenital Heart Disease Biobank
- Alexander R. Opotowsky, Matthew Carazo, Michael N. Singh, Konstantinos Dimopoulos, David A. Cardona-Estrada, Ahmed Elantably, Sushrut S. Waikar, Finnian R. Mc Causland, Gruschen Veldtman, Jasmine Grewal, Catherine Gray, Brittani N. Loukas, Saurabh Rajpal
- Hospital participation in clinical trials for patients with acute myocardial infarction: Results from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry
- Alexander C. Fanaroff, Amit N. Vora, Anita Y. Chen, Robin Mathews, Jacob A. Udell, Matthew T. Roe, Laine E. Thomas, Tracy Y. Wang
Benvenuto su EM|consulte, il riferimento dei professionisti della salute.
L'accesso al testo integrale di questo articolo richiede un abbonamento.
Già abbonato a @@106933@@ rivista ?