Relation of coronary artery ectasia to diabetes mellitus

Am J Cardiol. 2004 May 1;93(9):1165-7. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.01.049.

Abstract

An increased prevalence of coronary artery ectasia (CAE) and a low frequency of diabetes mellitus have been reported in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). The prevalence of diabetes was studied in 190 patients with CAE in comparison with 341 age- and gender-matched patients with coronary artery disease alone. Diabetes mellitus was found to be independently but inversely associated with CAE (relative risk 0.603, 95% confidence interval 0.375 to 0.960, p = 0.037), thus resembling the relation between diabetes and AAA.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Artery Disease / complications*
  • Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Artery Disease / epidemiology
  • Coronary Vessels / pathology*
  • Diabetes Complications*
  • Diabetes Mellitus / diagnostic imaging
  • Diabetes Mellitus / epidemiology
  • Diabetic Angiopathies / complications*
  • Diabetic Angiopathies / diagnostic imaging
  • Diabetic Angiopathies / epidemiology
  • Dilatation, Pathologic / complications
  • Dilatation, Pathologic / diagnostic imaging
  • Dilatation, Pathologic / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Greece / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Prevalence
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Statistics as Topic