Objectives: Hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidemia are known as major risk factors for coronary artery disease. The purpose of this study was to investigate the long-term clinical outcomes of women with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with two more...
Objectives: Hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidemia are known as major risk factors for coronary artery disease. The purpose of this study was to investigate the long-term clinical outcomes of women with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with two more risk factors out of hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidemia.
Methods: A total 1,518 women with two risk factors for hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidemia were divided into 3 groups according to their risk factors ; Group I (n=408) with hypertension and diabetes, Group II (n=249) with diabetes and dyslipidemia, and Group III (n=861) with hypertension and dyslipidemia.
Results: There was no significant difference in in-hospital mortality among three groups (5.9 vs. 6.0 vs. 5.1 %), but major adverse cardiac events (MACE) during 3-year follow-up period were significantly different among three groups (25.2 vs. 21.7 vs. 16.4 %, p<0.001). The multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that predictive factors affecting MACE during 3-year follow-up period were Group I compared with Group II and III, old age (HR 1.045, 95% CI 1.024 to 1.066, p<0.001), previous myocardial infarction (HR 1.910, 95% CI 1.351 to 2.699, p<0.001), previous heart failure (HR 1.788, 95% CI 1.084 to 2.949, p=0.023), and high creatinine (HR 1.233, 95% CI 1.141 to 1.333, p<0.001), high glucose (HR 1.002, 95% CI 1.000 to 1.004, p=0.014) and high WBC (HR 1.029, 95% CI 1.003 to 1.056, p=0.029).
Conclusion: Although no significant differences in-hospital mortality were observed in Korean female AMI patients with two risk factors, but MACE was higher in patients with hypertension and diabetes during long-term clinical follow-up.