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Table 5 Comparisons of HFrEF and HFpEF patients by glycemic status, i.e., with either prediabetes or normoglycemia

From: Prediabetes and insulin resistance in a population of patients with heart failure and reduced or preserved ejection fraction but without diabetes, overweight or hypertension

 

HFrEF

HFpEF

Prediabetes

NGT

p values

Prediabetes

NGT

p values

(n = 79)

(n = 35)

(n = 41)

(n = 35)

Gender (%)

 Male

37 (46.8)

18 (51.4)

0.651

24 (58.5)

16 (45.7)

0.264

 Female

42 (53.2)

17 (48.6)

17 (41.5)

19 (54.3)

Age (years)

70.8 ± 13.7

69.9 ± 14.8

0.775

69.8 ± 15.7

69.2 ± 15.3

0.865

Waist circumference (cm)

74.5 ± 3.9

73.7 ± 4.9

0.391

75.2 ± 4.5

73.8 ± 4.6

0.197

BMI (kg/m2)

19.7 ± 1.4

19.9 ± 1.3

0.438

19.4 ± 1.6

19.5 ± 1.6

0.852

Systolic BP (mmHg)

117.7 ± 16.1

117.0 ± 15.4

0.833

114.0 ± 13.0

116.3 ± 16.5

0.503

Diastolic BP (mmHg)

71.2 ± 10.3

71.3 ± 10.4

0.972

70.6 ± 9.1

71.3 ± 12.4

0.762

LVEF (%)

30.9 ± 6.2

35.2 ± 5.6

< 0.0001

57.6 ± 6.1

60.5 ± 6.2

0.044

HF ischemic etiology (%)

76 (96.2)

34 (97.1)

0.801

34 (82.9)

33 (91.4)

0.274

NYHA class

 II

2 (2.5)

7 (20.0)

< 0.001

7 (17.1)

16 (45.7)

0.007

 III

69 (87.3)

28 (80)

34 (82.9)

19 (54.3)

 IV

8 (10.1)

0

  

NT-pro-BNP (pg/ml)

13,138 ± 9088

7964 ± 6566

0.003

9032 ± 5296

5715 ± 4569

0.005

HbA1c (%)

5.71 ± 0.50

5.72 ± 0.50

0.885

5.64 ± 0.56

5.75 ± 0.46

0.356

Total cholesterol (mmol/l)

4.60 ± 1.87

4.08 ± 1.02

0.127

3.55 ± 0.95

4.05 ± 1.27

0.056

Triglycerides (mmol/l)

1.82 ± 1.47

1.57 ± 0.98

0.358

1.28 ± 0.61

1.39 ± 0.69

0.461

LDL-cholesterol (mmol/l)

2.86 ± 1.14

2.62 ± 0.80

0.271

2.24 ± 0.73

2.54 ± 0.91

0.120

HDL- cholesterol (mmol/l)

1.05 ± 0.32

1.04 ± 0.33

0.942

0.95 ± 0.30

0.99 ± 0.28

0.518

Glycemic status

 NGT, n (%)

0

35 (100%)

< 0.0001

0

35 (100)

< 0.0001

 IGT alone, n (%)

64 (81)

0

30 (73.2)

0

 IFG alone, n (%)

4 (5.1)

0

0

0

 IGT + IFG, n (%)

11 (13.9)

0

11 (26.8)

0

G0 (mmol/l)

5.57 ± 0.74

4.95 ± 0.64

< 0.0001

5.43 ± 0.83

4.80 ± 0.68

< 0.001

G2 (mmol/l)

8.84 ± 0.81

6.88 ± 0.62

< 0.0001

8.70 ± 0.72

6.81 ± 0.54

< 0.0001

I0/G0

3.15 [1.92–6.16]

1.06 [0.53–2.00]

< 0.0001

2.82 [1.48–4.85]

1.32 [0.57–3.32]

0.066

I2/G2

13.56 [10.10–22.06]

7.80 [2.85–12.05]

0.007

11.28 [8.11–26.29]

7.70 [4.10–12.46]

0.021

QUICKI

0.53 ± 0.16

0.79 ± 0.36

< 0.0001

0.56 ± 0.14

0.74 ± 0.27

< 0.0001

ISIT0

4.89 [2.94–10.13]

21.38 [10.65–40.21]

< 0.0001

7.42 [3.65–14.89]

19.25 [6.05–43.27]

0.001

ISIT120

0.56 [0.33–0.76]

2.23 [0.81–4.28]

< 0.0001

0.66 [0.30–1.05]

1.55 [0.90–3.39]

< 0.0001

FIRI

4.54 [2.19–7.56]

1.04 [0.55–2.09]

< 0.0001

2.99 [1.51–6.09]

1.15 [0.51–3.68]

0.001

  1. BMI body mass index; BP blood pressure; FIRI fasting insulin resistance index; G0 and I0 plasma glucose and insulin levels measured fasting; G2 and I2 plasma glucose and insulin levels measured 2 h after glucose intake; HF heart failure; HFrEF and HFpEF HF with reduced and preserved ejection fraction; HOMA-IR homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance; IFG impaired fasting glucose; IGT impaired glucose tolerance; ISIT0 fasting insulin sensitivity index; ISIT120 2 h-insulin sensitivity index; NGT normal glucose tolerance; NT-pro-BNP N-terminal pro Brain Natriuretic Peptide; NYHA New-York Heart Association; QUICKI quantitative insulin-sensitivity check index