Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on Survival in South East Asian Patients with Congestive Heart Failure due to Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction
By Raymond Lee, Chan SP, Wong J, Lau D, Ho KT, Kenneth Ng
Abstract
Objective
We assessed the impact of diabetes mellitus on survival in South East Asian patients with congestive heart failure.
Methods
1668 consecutive patients with chronic heart failure (age 65±13 years, ejection fraction 28±12%, 67% male) were followed up for 36±12months. 837 patients (50.2%) were diabetic and 1076 patients (65%) had ischemic cardiomyopathy. Primary outcome measure was 17 all-cause mortality. Secondary outcome measures were heart failure readmission and the composite end-point.
Results
There were 223 (13.4%) deaths and 112 (7%) heart failure readmissions. Ischemic cardiomyopathy, renal failure, hypertension, 19 cerebrovascular disease, peripheral vascular disease, and hyperlipidemia were more prevalent in diabetics (all pb0.01). All-cause mortality 20 (17.3% vs 9.4%), heart failure readmission (8.1% vs 5.3%) and the composite end-point (21.9% vs 12.6%) occurred more frequently in 21 diabetics (all pb0.05). Diabetes was an independent predictor of all-cause mortality (OR=1.70, p=0.01), as were ischemic cardiomyopathy 22 (OR=1.85, p=0.01), hypertension (OR=1.78, p=0.01), GFR (OR=0.98, pb0.01), and beta-blocker use (OR=0.55, pb0.01).
Conclusions
In spite of advances in heart failure treatment, the presence of diabetes mellitus significantly worsens survival in South East Asian patients with congestive heart failure.
© 2008 Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
Keywords: Diabetes mellitus; Congestive heart failure; Death; Readmission; South East Asian population
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