CLINICAL RESEARCH: DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors or Angiotensin Receptor Blockers for Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes
A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials
Hussam Abuissa, MD*,
Philip G. Jones, MS,
Steven P. Marso, MD and
James H. OKeefe, Jr, MD
Mid America Heart Institute, Cardiovascular Consultants, Kansas City, Missouri
Manuscript received December 27, 2004;
revised manuscript received April 28, 2005,
accepted May 10, 2005.
* Reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Hussam Abuissa, Mid America Heart Institute, Cardiovascular Consultants, 4330 Wornall Road, Suite 2000, Kansas City, Missouri 64111 (Email: abuissah{at}umkc.edu).
OBJECTIVES: We sought to investigate the role of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) in preventing the new onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
BACKGROUND: Diabetes is a public health problem of epidemic proportions and its prevalence is on the rise. The typical American born today has a one in three chance of developing type 2 diabetes. This diagnosis is associated with an adverse cardiovascular prognosis and is considered the risk equivalent of established coronary disease. Even in high-risk individuals, diabetes is a preventable disease. Several studies have shown that ACE inhibitors and ARBs decrease the incidence of new-onset type 2 diabetes. However, the exact role of these agents in diabetes prevention has not yet been fully elucidated.
METHODS: We conducted a meta-analysis of 12 randomized controlled clinical trials of ACE inhibitors or ARBs, identified through a MEDLINE search and a review of reports from scientific meetings, to study the efficacy of these medications in diabetes prevention.
RESULTS: This showed that ACE inhibitors and ARBs were associated with reductions in the incidence of newly diagnosed diabetes by 27% and 23%, respectively, and by 25% in the pooled analysis.
CONCLUSIONS: The use of an ACE inhibitor or ARB should be considered in patients with pre-diabetic conditions such as metabolic syndrome, hypertension, impaired fasting glucose, family history of diabetes, obesity, congestive heart failure, or coronary heart disease.
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Abbreviations and Acronyms
| | ACE = angiotensin-converting enzyme | | ARB = angiotensin receptor blocker | | PPAR = peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor | | RAAS = renin angiotensin aldosterone system |
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