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  • Prevalence of Diabetes and ...
    Boutari, Chrysoula; Rizos, Christos V; Doumas, Michalis; Liamis, George; Skoumas, Ioannis; Rallidis, Loukianos; Garoufi, Anastasia; Kolovou, Genovefa; Tziomalos, Konstantinos; Skalidis, Emmanouil; Kotsis, Vasileios; Sfikas, George; Lambadiari, Vaia; Anagnostis, Panagiotis; Bilianou, Eleni; Anastasiou, Georgia; Koutagiar, Iosif; Kiouri, Estela; Attilakos, Achilleas; Kolovou, Vana; Zacharis, Evangelos; Antza, Christina; Liberopoulos, Evangelos

    Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 12/2022, Letnik: 16, Številka: 1
    Journal Article

    Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are both associated with a high risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Little is known about the prevalence of T2DM and its association with ASCVD risk in FH patients. This was a cross-sectional analysis from the Hellenic Familial Hypercholesterolemia Registry (HELLAS-FH) including adults with FH (n = 1719, mean age 51.3 ± 14.6 years). Of FH patients, 7.2% had a diagnosis of T2DM. The prevalence of ASCVD, coronary artery disease (CAD), and stroke was higher among subjects with T2DM compared with those without (55.3% vs. 23.3%, 48.8% vs. 20.7%, 8.3% vs. 2.7%, respectively, p < 0.001). When adjusted for age, systolic blood pressure, smoking, body mass index, hypertension, waist circumference, triglyceride levels, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, and gender, T2DM was significantly associated with prevalent ASCVD OR 2.0 (95% CI 1.2−3.3), p = 0.004. FH patients with T2DM were more likely to have undergone coronary revascularization than those without (14.2% vs. 4.5% for coronary artery bypass graft, and 23.9% vs. 11.5% for percutaneous coronary intervention, p < 0.001). T2DM is associated with an increased risk for prevalent ASCVD in subjects with FH. This may have implications for risk stratification and treatment intensity in these patients.