Sex differences in the effect of diabetes mellitus on platelet reactivity and coronary thrombosis: From the Assessment of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy with Drug-Eluting Stents (ADAPT-DES) study.

Publication/Presentation Date

11-1-2017

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Whether the consequences of diabetes mellitus (DM) are worse for women than for men treated with drug-eluting stents (DES) and antiplatelet therapy remain unclear.

METHODS: Patients from the Assessment of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy With Drug-Eluting Stents study were stratified according to sex and DM status. We investigated the sex-specific effect of DM on high on-clopidogrel platelet reactivity (HPR), defined as a P2Y12 reaction units ≥208, and the adjusted association of DM on the 2-year risk for coronary thrombotic events (CTE), defined as spontaneous myocardial infarction or definite or probable stent thrombosis.

RESULTS: Out of 8582 patients included in the study, 829 were women with DM (9.6%) and 1954 were men with DM (16.2%). The prevalence of insulin-treated DM (ITDM) was greater in women (p

CONCLUSIONS: In a population treated with DES and antiplatelet therapy, the risk for CTE associated with DM seems to be greater in women and was independent of HPR.

Volume

246

First Page

20

Last Page

25

ISSN

1874-1754

Disciplines

Cardiology | Medical Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

28867009

Department(s)

Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division

Document Type

Article

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