title: Relation of microalbuminuria and coronary artery disease in patients with and without diabetes mellitus.
abstract: Microalbuminuria (MA) is a well-known risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD) in diabetics and nondiabetics. It is associated with higher cardiovascular mortality, especially in diabetics. However, there are few data linking angiographic severity of CAD to microalbuminuria. We examined coronary angiograms for extent of severe CAD (luminal narrowing > or = 50%) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and MA (DM+MA+, n = 101), patients with DM and without MA (DM+MA-, n = 101), patients without DM and with MA (DM-MA+, n = 64), and patients without DM and MA (DM-MA-, n = 64). We also evaluated fasting glucose levels in all patients and glycosylated hemoglobin in diabetics. Patients' mean age in the DM+MA+, DM+MA-, DM-MA+, and DM-MA- groups was similar. Gender distribution across the 4 groups was also not significantly different. There were no significant differences in the prevalence of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and current smoking across the 4 groups. The presence of 2- or 3-vessel CAD showed a linear increase from group DM-MA- to group DM+MA+ (p < 0.001). Diabetics with MA had higher fasting glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin levels than diabetics without MA (p < 0.001). Thus, patients with MA have more severe angiographic CAD than those without MA. This relation is independent of other risk factors and is particularly evident in patients with DM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
authors.forename: Rishi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sukhija
authors.forename: Wilbert S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Aronow
authors.forename: Priyanka
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kakar
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Garza
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sachdeva
authors.forename: Anjan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: Jawahar L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Mehta
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000419:Albuminuria / Q000150:complications* / Q000652:urine; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015996:Survival Rate