Background: Guidelines have classified patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and diabetes as a special\npopulation, with specific sections presented for the management of these patients considering their extremely high\nrisk. However, in China up-to-date information is lacking regarding the burden of diabetes in patients with ACS and\nthe potential impact of diabetes status on the in-hospital outcomes of these patients. This study aims to provide\nupdated estimation for the burden of diabetes in patients with ACS in China and to evaluate whether diabetes is still\nassociated with excess risks of early mortality and major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (MACCE)\nfor ACS patients.\nMethods: The Improving Care for Cardiovascular Disease in China-ACS Project was a collaborative study of the American\nHeart Association and the Chinese Society of Cardiology. A total of 63,450 inpatients with a definitive diagnosis\nof ACS were included. Prevalence of diabetes was evaluated in the overall study population and subgroups. Multivariate\nlogistic regression was performed to examine the association between diabetes and in-hospital outcomes, and a\npropensity-score-matched analysis was further conducted.\nResults: Among these ACS patients, 23,880 (37.6%) had diabetes/possible diabetes. Both STEMI and NSTE-ACS\npatients had a high prevalence of diabetes/possible diabetes (36.8% versus 39.0%). The prevalence of diabetes/possible\ndiabetes was higher in women (45.0% versus 35.2%, p < 0.001). Even in patients younger than 45 years, 26.9% had\ndiabetes/possible diabetes. While receiving comparable treatments for ACS, diabetes/possible diabetes was associated\nwith a twofold higher risk of all-cause death (adjusted odds ratio 2.04 [95% confidence interval 1.78â??2.33]) and a\n1.5-fold higher risk of MACCE (adjusted odds ratio 1.54 [95% confidence interval 1.39â??1.72]).\nConclusions: Diabetes was highly prevalent in patients with ACS in China. Considerable excess risks for early mortality\nand major adverse cardiovascular events were found in these patients.
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