Open AccessAssociation of Elevated Fasting Glucose With Increased Short-term and 6-Month Mortality in ST-Segment Elevation and Non–ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes
Author(s) -
Peter Sinnaeve,
P. Gabriel Steg,
Keith A.A. Fox,
Frans Van de Werf,
Gilles Montalescot,
Christopher B. Granger,
E Knobel,
Frederick A. Anderson,
Omar Dabbous,
Álvaro Avezum
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinternmed.2008.572
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , myocardial infarction , diabetes mellitus , acute coronary syndrome , confidence interval , population , logistic regression , cardiology , st segment , endocrinology , environmental health
Elevated blood glucose level at admission is associated with worse outcome after a myocardial infarction. The impact of elevated glucose level, particularly fasting glucose, is less certain in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. We studied the relationship between elevated fasting blood glucose levels and outcome across the spectrum of ST-segment elevation and non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes in a large multicenter population broadly representative of clinical practice.