Electrocardiographic repolarization complexity and abnormality predict all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in diabetes: the strong heart study. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Type 2 diabetes is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) and all-cause mortality. Although electrocardiographic measures of repolarization abnormality and complexity stratify risk in the general population, their prognostic value in diabetes has not been well characterized. Digital electrocardiogram (ECG) readings were acquired for 994 American Indians with type 2 diabetes. ST segment depression (STD) >/=50 micro V and rate-corrected QT interval (QTc) >460 ms were examined as measures of repolarization abnormality. The principal component analysis (PCA) of the ratio of the second to first eigenvalues of the T-wave vector (PCA ratio) (>32.0% in women and >24.6% in men) was examined as a measure of repolarization complexity on the ECG. After a mean follow-up of 4.7 +/- 1.0 years, there were 56 CV deaths and 155 deaths from all causes. In univariate analyses, STD, QTc, and the PCA ratio predicted CV and all-cause mortality. After multivariate adjustment for age, sex, and other risk factors, STD (hazard ratio 3.68, 95% CI 1.70-7.96) and PCA ratio (2.61, 1.33-5.13) remained predictive of CV mortality and both STD (2.36, 1.38-4.02) and QTc (2.03, 1.32-3.12) predicted all-cause mortality. Computerized ECG measures of repolarization abnormality and complexity predict CV and all-cause mortality in type 2 diabetes, supporting their use to identify high-risk individuals with diabetes.

publication date

  • February 1, 2004

Research

keywords

  • Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
  • Diabetic Angiopathies
  • Electrocardiography

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0842266827

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.2337/diabetes.53.2.434

PubMed ID

  • 14747295

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 53

issue

  • 2