High Inflammatory Factor Levels Increase Cardiovascular Complications in Diabetic Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.

OBJECTIVE

To investigate the association between inflammation and clinical outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in diabetic patients.

METHODS

A total of 300 diabetic patients with coronary heart disease who underwent CABG were selected. Patients were divided into a group with cardiovascular events (32 in the MACCE group) and a group without cardiovascular events (268 in the non-MACCE group) according to whether cardiovascular events occurred within 30 days. The differences in clinical parameters; serum levels of TNF-, IL-6, IL-18, IL-1, and CRP; factors associated with the occurrence of MACCE; and risk factors affecting the midterm all-cause mortality of patients were compared between the two groups.

RESULTS

The serum levels of TNF-, IL-6, IL-18, and CRP in the MACCE group were significantly higher than those in the non-MACCE group ( < 0.05). Gender, smoking, hyperlipidemia, duration of diabetes, and levels of TNF-, IL-6, IL-18, and CRP were closely related to the occurrence of MACCE. The Kaplan-Meier survival analysis evaluation results showed that the levels of IL-6 and CRP significantly affected the midterm all-cause mortality rate ( < 0.05). Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that the advanced age, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, long duration of diabetes, elevated serum IL-6, and CRP levels could be used as risk factors for midterm all-cause mortality.

CONCLUSIONS

Inflammation levels in diabetic patients are associated with complications and midterm all-cause mortality in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.