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DIABETES CARE
Volume 37, Issue 4, Pages 1124-1131Publisher
AMER DIABETES ASSOC
DOI: 10.2337/dc13-1864
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- Wellcome Trust [082464/2/07/2]
- British Heart Foundation [SP/07001/23603, PG 08 103]
- U.K. National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre scheme
- British Heart Foundation [FS/10/38/28268, PG/08/103/26133, SP/10/002/28189] Funding Source: researchfish
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OBJECTIVE Diabetes is associated with left ventricular (LV) diastolic and systolic dysfunction. South Asians may be at particular risk of developing LV dysfunction owing to a high prevalence of diabetes. We investigated the role of diabetes and hyperglycemia in LV dysfunction in a community-based cohort of older South Asians and white Europeans. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Conventional and Doppler echocardiography was performed in 999 participants (542 Europeans and 457 South Asians aged 58-86 years) in a population-based study. Anthropometry, fasting bloods, coronary artery calcification scoring, blood pressure, and renal function were measured. RESULTS Diabetes and hyperglycemia across the spectrum of HbA(1c) had a greater adverse effect on LV function in South Asians than Europeans (N-terminal-probrain natriuretic peptide beta +/- SE 0.09 +/- 0.04, P = 0.01, vs. -0.04 +/- 0.05, P = 0.4, P for HbA(1c)/ethnicity interaction 0.02), diastolic function (E/e ' 0.69 +/- 0.12, P < 0.0001, vs. 0.09 +/- 0.2, P = 0.6, P for interaction 0.005), and systolic function (s ' -0.11 +/- 0.06, P = 0.04, vs. 0.14 +/- 0.09, P = 0.1, P for interaction 0.2). Multivariable adjustment for hypertension, microvascular disease, LV mass, coronary disease, and dyslipidemia only partially accounted for the ethnic differences. Adverse LV function in diabetic South Asians could not be accounted for by poorer glycemic control or longer diabetes duration. CONCLUSIONS Diabetes and hyperglycemia have a greater adverse effect on LV function in South Asians than Europeans, incompletely explained by adverse risk factors. South Asians may require earlier and more aggressive treatment of their cardiometabolic risk factors to reduce risks of LV dysfunction.
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