Association of hemoglobin A(1c) level with the severity of coronary artery disease in patients with diabetes mellitus.
Coronary angiography was performed in 152 men and 163 women with diabetes mellitus (mean age 55 +/- 8 years) because of chest pain. The mean hemoglobin A(1c) level was 6.66 +/- 0.58% in 132 patients with 0-vessel coronary artery disease (CAD), 8.00 +/- 0.84% in 40 patients with 1-vessel CAD, 8.83 +/- 1.45% in 76 patients with 2-vessel CAD, and 10.40 +/- 2.28% in 67 patients with 3- or 4-vessel CAD. There was a significant increasing trend of hemoglobin A(1c) levels over the increasing number of vessels with CAD (p <0.0001).
Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA.
Gautham
G
Ravipati
Wilbert S
WS
Aronow
Chul
C
Ahn
Kumbar
K
Sujata
Leonardo N
LN
Saulle
Melvin B
MB
Weiss
D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000097:blood* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin