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Significance of silent ischemia andmicroalbuminuria in predicting coronaryevents in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes

Martin K. Rutter, MB ChB, MRCP^*,*, Shahid T. Wahid, MB BS, MRCP^*, Janet M. McComb, MD, FRCP and Sally M. Marshall, MD, FRCP^*

^* Department of Medicine, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Regional Cardiothoracic Centre, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

View larger version (14K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Coronary event-free survival in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes with (dotted line) and without (solid line) silent myocardial ischemia. p = 0.003 (log-rank test).

View larger version (13K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Coronary event-free survival in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes with (dotted line) and without (solid line) microalbuminuria. p = 0.03 (log-rank test).

View larger version (14K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Coronary event-free survival in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes in the following subgroups: 1) neither silent myocardial ischemia (SMI) nor microalbuminuria (MA); 2) SMI but not MA; 3) MA but not SMI; and 4) both SMI and MA. p = 0.03, comparing group 1 with remaining patients; p = 0.0008, comparing group 4 with remaining patients.