Abstract

BackgroundIn patients with established cardiovascular disease (CVD), the relation between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and incident heart failure (HF) in the absence of diabetes mellitus (DM) is largely unknown. This study assessed this relation in non-diabetic patients with established CVD. MethodsPatients from the prospective UCC-SMART cohort with established CVD, but without DM or HF at baseline were included (n = 4653). MetS was defined according to the Adult Treatment Panel III criteria. Insulin resistance was quantified using the homeostasis model of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR). The outcome was a first hospitalization for HF. Relations were assessed using Cox proportional hazards models adjusted for established risk factors: age, sex, prior myocardial infarction (MI), smoking, cholesterol, and kidney function. ResultsDuring a median follow-up of 8.0 years, 290 cases of incident HF were observed (0.81/100 person years). MetS was significantly related to an increased risk of incident HF independent of established risk factors (hazard ratio [HR] 1.32; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.04–1.68, HR per criterion 1.17; 95% CI 1.06–1.29), as was HOMA-IR (HR per standard deviation [SD] 1.15; 95% CI 1.03–1.29). Of the individual MetS components, only higher waist circumference independently increased the risk of HF (HR per SD 1.34; 95% CI 1.17–1.53). Relations were independent of the occurrence of interim DM and MI, and were not significantly different for HF with reduced vs preserved ejection fraction. ConclusionIn CVD patients without a current diagnosis of DM, MetS and insulin resistance increase the risk of incident HF independent of established risk factors.

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