Impaired fasting blood sugar tied to risk of severe CAD in patients with coronary artery stenosis: Study

For this purpose, the researchers studied 1,451 consecutive no-diabetic patients who underwent coronary angiography at the First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College in Southern China. Data on demographics, biochemical, clinical, and angiographic were collected. 

"In our study, we found that the IFG prevalence was higher in patients with angiographically confirmed CAD than in subjects without angiographic evidence of CAD," wrote the authors. "It was in agreement with previous study reporting and several meta-analyses."

To conclude, there is an association between IFG and a predisposition to severe CAD indicated by triple vessel disease or myocardial infarction.

Reference:

Chen C, Chen Y, Xiao J, Zhang Y, Yang Z, Yang P, Lu N, Yi K, Chen X, Chen S, O'Gara MSc MC, O'Meara M, Ye S and Tan X (2022) Association of Impaired Fasting Blood Glucose With Triple Coronary Artery Stenosis and Myocardial Infarction Among Patients With Coronary Artery Stenosis. Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 10:820124. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2022.820124

KEYWORDS: Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, blood sugar, coronary artery disease, impaired fasting glucose, triple vessel disease, myocardial infarction, severe CAD, Chang Chen, diabetes, single- or double-vessel disease, coronary artery stenosis