Prognostic value of QT interval parameters in type 2 diabetes mellitus - Results of a long-term follow-up prospective study

被引:63
作者
Cardoso, CRL [1 ]
Salles, GF [1 ]
Deccache, W [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Fac Med, Clementino Fraga Filho Univ Hosp, Dept Internal Med, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
关键词
type 2 diabetes mellitus; QT interval; QT dispersion; mortality; risk factors;
D O I
10.1016/S1056-8727(02)00206-4
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
The prognostic importance of electrocardiographic ventricular repolarization QT parameters (maximum rate-corrected QT interval QTcmax, QT interval dispersion-QTd, and QTcd), in relation to other risk markers, on cardiovascular and cardiac mortality, and on total fatal or nonfatal cardiovascular events, was evaluated prospectively in 471 type 2 diabetic outpatients. During a median follow-up of 57 months (range: 2-84), 121 (25.7%), patients died, 44 (36.3% of them) from cardiovascular causes and 106 (22.5%) fatal or nonfatal cardiovascular events were observed. In Cox proportional hazards multivariate analysis, both QTd and QTcmax were independent predictors of cardiovascular and cardiac mortality (hazard ratio [HR]: 1.34, 95% confidence interval [95% CI]: 1.12-1.59, for each 10-ms increments in QTd and HR: 1.17, 95% Cl: 1.03-1.21 for 10-ms increments in QTcmax, for cardiovascular mortality). They were also predictors of total fatal or nonfatal cardiac and cardiovascular events (HR: 1.18, 95% CI: 1.05-1.33 for QTd and HR: 1.09, 95% CI: 1.04-1.15 for QTcmax). Additional independent prognostic markers for total cardiovascular events were the presence of previous cardiac disease, cerebral or peripheral vascular disease, age, male gender, known diabetes duration, heart rate, and serum trigylcerides. Excluding patients with prior cardiac disease did not change significantly the prognostic performance of QTd but decreased that of QTcmax. In conclusion, QT interval parameters give additional prognostic information in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, beyond that obtained from traditional risk factors. QT interval dispersion seems a better prognostic marker than maximum QT interval, particularly in patients without previous cardiac diseases. (C) 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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