Natriuretic Peptide and High-Sensitivity Troponin for Cardiovascular Risk Prediction in Diabetes: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.

Pubmed ID: 26740635

Pubmed Central ID: PMC4839173

Journal: Diabetes care

Publication Date: May 1, 2016

MeSH Terms: Humans, Male, Female, Risk Factors, Middle Aged, Prevalence, Hypertension, Diabetes Complications, Proportional Hazards Models, Prospective Studies, Follow-Up Studies, Incidence, Diabetes Mellitus, Atherosclerosis, Electrocardiography, Natriuretic Peptide, Brain, Biomarkers, Troponin T

Grants: HHSN268201100005C, HHSN268201100006C, HHSN268201100007C, HHSN268201100008C, HHSN268201100009C, HHSN268201100010C, HHSN268201100011C, HHSN268201100012C, R01 DK089174, K24 DK106414, K08 HL116792, K99 HL107642, T32 HL007374, T32 HL094301, K12 HL109019, HHSN268201100009I, HHSN268201100005G, HHSN268201100008I, HHSN268201100011I, HHSN268201100005I, HHSN268201100007I

Authors: Aguilar D, Ballantyne CM, Shah A, Folsom AR, Solomon SD, Claggett B, Ni H, Selvin E, Klein BE, Cheng S, Matsushita K, Skali H, Astor BC, Gupta DK, Vardeny O, Gori M, Bello NA

Cite As: Gori M, Gupta DK, Claggett B, Selvin E, Folsom AR, Matsushita K, Bello NA, Cheng S, Shah A, Skali H, Vardeny O, Ni H, Ballantyne CM, Astor BC, Klein BE, Aguilar D, Solomon SD. Natriuretic Peptide and High-Sensitivity Troponin for Cardiovascular Risk Prediction in Diabetes: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Diabetes Care 2016 May;39(5):677-85. Epub 2016 Jan 6.

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in diabetes; yet, heterogeneity in CVD risk has been suggested in diabetes, providing a compelling rationale for improving diabetes risk stratification. We hypothesized that N-terminal prohormone brain natriuretic peptide (NTproBNP) and high-sensitivity troponin T may enhance CVD risk stratification beyond commonly used markers of risk and that CVD risk is heterogeneous in diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Among 8,402 participants without prevalent CVD at visit 4 (1996-1998) of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study there were 1,510 subjects with diabetes (mean age 63 years, 52% women, 31% African American, and 60% hypertensive). RESULTS: Over a median follow-up of 13.1 years, there were 540 incident fatal/nonfatal CVD events (coronary heart disease, heart failure, and stroke). Both troponin T ≥14 ng/L (hazard ratio [HR] 1.96 [95% CI 1.57-2.46]) and NTproBNP >125 pg/mL (1.61 [1.29-1.99]) were independent predictors of incident CVD events at multivariable Cox proportional hazard models. Addition of circulating cardiac biomarkers to traditional risk factors, abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG), and conventional markers of diabetes complications including retinopathy, nephropathy, and peripheral arterial disease significantly improved CVD risk prediction (net reclassification index 0.16 [95% CI 0.07-0.22]). Compared with individuals without diabetes, subjects with diabetes had 1.6-fold higher adjusted risk of incident CVD. However, participants with diabetes with normal cardiac biomarkers and no conventional complications/abnormal ECG (n = 725 [48%]) were at low risk (HR 1.12 [95% CI 0.95-1.31]), while those with abnormal cardiac biomarkers, alone (n = 186 [12%]) or in combination with conventional complications/abnormal ECG (n = 243 [16%]), were at greater risk (1.99 [1.59-2.50] and 2.80 [2.34-3.35], respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Abnormal levels of NTproBNP and troponin T may help to distinguish individuals with high diabetes risk from those with low diabetes risk, providing incremental risk prediction beyond commonly used markers of risk.