Su Jian-Bin, Yang Xiao-Hua, Zhang Xiu-Lin, Cai Hong-Li, Huang Hai-Yan, Zhao Li-Hua, Xu Feng, Chen Tong, Cheng Xing-Bo, Wang Xue-Qin, Lu Yan
Department of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Department of Endocrinology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
PLoS One. 2017 Aug 28;12(8):e0183055. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183055. eCollection 2017.
Prolonged heart rate-corrected QT(QTc) interval is related to ventricular arrhythmia and cardiovascular mortality, with considerably high prevalence of type 2 diabetes. Additionally, long-term glycaemic variability could be a significant risk factor for diabetic complications in addition to chronic hyperglycaemia. We compared the associations of long-term glycaemic variability versus sustained chronic hyperglycaemia with the QTc interval among type 2 diabetes patients.
In this cross-sectional study, 2904 type 2 diabetes patients were recruited who had undergone at least four fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and 2-hour postprandial plasma glucose (PPG) measurements (at least once for every 3 months, respectively) during the preceding year. Long-term glycaemic variabilities of FPG and 2-hour PPG were assessed by their standard deviations (SD-FPG and SD-PPG, respectively), and chronic fasting and postprandial hyperglycaemia were assessed by their means (M-FPG and M-PPG, respectively). HbA1c was also determined upon enrolment to assess current overall glycaemic control. QTc interval was estimated from resting 12-lead electrocardiograms, and more than 440 ms was considered abnormally prolonged.
Patients with prolonged QTc interval (≥440 ms) had greater M-FPG, M-PPG, SD-PPG and HbA1c than those with normal QTc interval but comparable SD-FPG. QTc interval was correlated with M-FPG, M-PPG, SD-PPG and HbA1c (r = 0.133, 0.153, 0.245 and 0.207, respectively, p = 0.000) but not with SD-FPG (r = 0.024, p = 0.189). After adjusting for metabolic risk factors via multiple linear regression analysis, SD-PPG, M-PPG and HbA1c (t = 12.16, 2.69 and 10.16, respectively, p = 0.000) were the major independent contributors to the increased QTc interval. The proportion of prolonged QTc interval increased significantly from 10.9% to 14.2% to 26.6% for the first (T1) to second (T2) to third (T3) tertiles of SD-PPG. After adjusting via multiple logistic regression analysis, the odd ratios of prolonged QTc interval of the T2 and T3 versus the T1 of SD-PPG were 1.15 (95% CI, 0.82-1.60) and 2.62 (1.92-3.57), respectively.
Increased long-term variability of PPG is a strong independent risk factor for prolonged QTc interval in type 2 diabetes patients, in addition to long-term postprandial hyperglycaemia and current HbA1c.
校正心率后的QT(QTc)间期延长与室性心律失常及心血管死亡率相关,2型糖尿病的患病率相当高。此外,除慢性高血糖外,长期血糖变异性可能是糖尿病并发症的一个重要危险因素。我们比较了2型糖尿病患者中长期血糖变异性与持续性慢性高血糖与QTc间期的关联。
在这项横断面研究中,招募了2904例2型糖尿病患者,他们在前一年至少进行了4次空腹血糖(FPG)和餐后2小时血糖(PPG)测量(分别每3个月至少测量一次)。通过标准差(分别为SD-FPG和SD-PPG)评估FPG和餐后2小时PPG的长期血糖变异性,通过均值(分别为M-FPG和M-PPG)评估慢性空腹和餐后高血糖。入组时还测定了糖化血红蛋白(HbA1c)以评估当前的总体血糖控制情况。从静息12导联心电图估计QTc间期,超过440 ms被认为是异常延长。
QTc间期延长(≥440 ms)的患者比QTc间期正常的患者有更高的M-FPG、M-PPG、SD-PPG和HbA1c,但SD-FPG相当。QTc间期与M-FPG、M-PPG、SD-PPG和HbA1c相关(r分别为0.133、0.153、0.245和0.207,p = 0.000),但与SD-FPG无关(r = 0.024,p = 0.189)。通过多元线性回归分析调整代谢危险因素后,SD-PPG、M-PPG和HbA1c(t分别为12.16、2.69和10.16,p = 0.000)是QTc间期延长的主要独立影响因素。对于SD-PPG的第一个(T1)到第二个(T2)到第三个(T3)三分位数,QTc间期延长的比例从10.9%显著增加到14.2%再到26.6%。通过多元逻辑回归分析调整后,SD-PPG的T2和T3与T1相比,QTc间期延长的比值比分别为1.15(95%CI,0.82 - 1.60)和2.62(1.92 - 3.57)。
除了长期餐后高血糖和当前的HbA1c外,餐后血糖长期变异性增加是2型糖尿病患者QTc间期延长的一个强大独立危险因素。