CLINICAL RESEARCH: HEART FAILURE
Insulin resistance in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
A possible etiologic link
Ronald M. Witteles, MD*,
W. H. Wilson Tang, MD ,
Aamer H. Jamali, MD ,
James W. Chu, MD ,
Gerald M. Reaven, MD* and
Michael B. Fowler, MB, FRCP, FACC*,*
* Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
Manuscript received September 22, 2003;
revised manuscript received January 21, 2004,
accepted March 11, 2004.
* Reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Michael B. Fowler, Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Falk CVRC 295, Stanford, California 94305-5406, USA.
mfowler{at}stanford.edu
OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to quantify the prevalence of abnormal glucose tolerance and insulin resistance in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDCM).
BACKGROUND: Insulin resistance is an independent risk factor for mortality in patients with heart failure (HF) and is a known risk factor for ischemic cardiomyopathy. Though potential physiologic links between insulin resistance and HF have been hypothesized, the relationship between insulin resistance and IDCM remains unclear.
METHODS: A total of 230 consecutive patients from a university HF clinic were screened for IDCM, the absence of diabetes mellitus, and the lack of significant co-morbid conditions. Oral glucose tolerance tests were performed in the 43 patients with IDCM who met these criteria, and their plasma glucose and insulin responses were compared with those of 40 healthy volunteers, matched for age, gender, and body mass index.
RESULTS: Plasma glucose responses were higher during the oral glucose tolerance tests in patients with IDCM (p < 0.01), associated with significantly higher plasma insulin concentrations following the oral glucose challenge (p < 0.01). In addition, abnormalities of glucose tolerance were significantly (p < 0.05) more common in patients with IDCM (49% vs. 23%).
CONCLUSIONS: Insulin resistance and abnormal glucose tolerance are more prevalent in patients with IDCM and represent potentially reversible metabolic derangements in these individuals.
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Abbreviations and Acronyms
| | BMI | = body mass index | | CAD | = coronary artery disease | | CHF | = congestive heart failure | | HF | = heart failure | | IDCM | = idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy | | IFG | = impaired fasting glucose | | IGT | = impaired glucose tolerance | | pDM | = provisional diagnosis of diabetes mellitus |
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