Diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular clinical characteristics of Spanish women with stable ischaemic heart disease: Data from the SIRENA study

Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2017 Jan:123:82-86. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2016.11.019. Epub 2016 Dec 5.

Abstract

The relationship between diabetes and the cardiovascular clinical characteristics of Spanish women with stable ischaemic heart disease was studied in a nationwide cross-sectional study. Diabetes was related to a higher burden of risk factors, comorbidity, multivessel disease and coronary surgery.

Keywords: Diabetes; Ischaemic heart disease; Risk factors; Women.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Comorbidity
  • Coronary Artery Disease / complications
  • Coronary Artery Disease / epidemiology
  • Coronary Artery Disease / surgery
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Diabetes Mellitus / epidemiology*
  • Diabetes Mellitus / physiopathology*
  • Diabetes Mellitus / surgery
  • Diabetic Angiopathies / epidemiology*
  • Diabetic Angiopathies / physiopathology
  • Diabetic Angiopathies / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Ischemia / complications
  • Myocardial Ischemia / epidemiology*
  • Myocardial Ischemia / etiology
  • Myocardial Ischemia / surgery
  • Risk Factors
  • Spain / epidemiology