title: Relation of coronary artery ectasia to diabetes mellitus.
abstract: An increased prevalence of coronary artery ectasia (CAE) and a low frequency of diabetes mellitus have been reported in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). The prevalence of diabetes was studied in 190 patients with CAE in comparison with 341 age- and gender-matched patients with coronary artery disease alone. Diabetes mellitus was found to be independently but inversely associated with CAE (relative risk 0.603, 95% confidence interval 0.375 to 0.960, p = 0.037), thus resembling the relation between diabetes and AAA.
authors.affiliation: State Cardiac Department, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Aristides E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Androulakis
authors.forename: Georgios K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Andrikopoulos
authors.forename: Athanasios N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Kartalis
authors.forename: Pavlos N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Stougiannos
authors.forename: Andreas A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Katsaros
authors.forename: Dimitrios N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Syrogiannidis
authors.forename: Eustratios N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Tapanlis
authors.forename: Christodoulos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stefanadis
authors.forename: Ioannis E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Kallikazaros
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic