Impact of Diabetes on Cardiac Function in Patients with High Blood Pressure
Open Access
- 18 June 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by MDPI AG in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Vol. 18 (12), 6553
- https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126553
Abstract
Background: Although the combination of high blood pressure (HBP) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) increases the risk of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction, the impact of T2DM on LV geometry and subclinical dysfunction in hypertensive patients and normal ejection fraction (EF) has been infrequently evaluated. Methods: Hypertensive patients with or without T2DM underwent cardiac echocardiography coupled with LV global longitudinal strain (GLS) assessment. Results: Among 200 patients with HBP (mean age 61.7 ± 9.7 years) and EF > 55%, 93 had associated T2DM. Patients with T2DM had a higher body mass index (29.9 ± 5.1 kg/m2 vs. 29.3 ± 4.7 kg/m2, p = 0.025), higher BP levels (158 ± 23/95 ± 13 vs. 142 ± 33/87 ± 12 mmHg, p = 0.003), a higher LV mass index (115.8 ± 32.4 vs. 112.0 ± 24.7 g/m2, p = 0.004), and higher relative wall thickness (0.51 ± 0.16 vs. 0.46 ± 0.12, p = 0.0001). They had more frequently concentric remodeling (20.4% vs. 16.8%, p < 0.001), concentric hypertrophy (53.7% vs. 48.6%, p < 0.001), elevated filling pressures (25.8 vs. 12.1%, p = 0.0001), indexed left atrial volumes greater than 28 mL/m2 (17.2 vs. 11.2%, p = 0.001), and a reduced GLS less than −18% (74.2 vs. 47.7%, p < 0.0001). After adjustment for BP and BMI, T2DM remains an independent determinant factor for GLS decline (OR = 2.26, 95% CI 1.11–4.61, p = 0.023). Conclusions: Left ventricular geometry and subclinical LV function as assessed with GLS are more impaired in hypertensive patients with than without T2DM. Preventive approaches to control BMI and risk of T2DM in hypertensive patients should be emphasized.This publication has 27 references indexed in Scilit:
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