Prognostic Value of Estimated Glucose Disposal Rate in Patients with Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary...

Estimated glucose disposal rate (eGDR) is highly associated with all-cause mortality in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) cases undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Nevertheless, eGDR's prognostic value in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) remains unknown.

The population of this retrospective cohort study comprised NSTE-ACS patients administered PCI in Beijing Anzhen Hospital between January and December 2015. The primary endpoint was major adverse cardiac and cerebral events (MACCEs). eGDR was calculated based on waist circumference (WC) ( $$ ) or body mass index (BMI) ( $$ ).

Totally 2308 participants were included, and the mean follow-up time was 41.06 months. The incidence of MACCEs was markedly increased with decreasing eGDR. Multivariable analysis showed hazard ratios (HRs) for $$ and $$ of 1.152 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.088-1.219; p $$ 0.001) and 0.998 (95% CI 0.936-1.064; p = 0.957), respectively. Addition of $$ to a model that included currently recognized cardiovascular risk factors markedly enhanced its predictive power compared with the baseline model (Harrell's C-index, $$ versus Baseline model, 0.778 versus 0.768, p = 0.003; continuous net reclassification improvement (continuous-NRI) of 0.125, p $$ 0.001; integrated discrimination improvement (IDI) of 0.016, p $$ 0.001).

Low eGDR independently predicts low survival of NSTE-ACS cases who underwent PCI.