Type 2 diabetes and the coronary angiographic state are mutually independent predictors of future vascular events among angiographied coronary patients

Background/Aims: Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in cross-sectional studies is associated with coronary artery disease (CAD) and prospectively confers a strongly increased risk of vascular events. It is not certain to what extent the baseline CAD state accounts for the increased vascular risk of diabetic patients in prospective studies because angiography usually is not performed. Methods: We therefore enrolled 750 consecutive patients undergoing coronary angiography for the evaluation of established or suspected stable CAD. At angiography, CAD was diagnosed in the presence of any irregularities of the vessel wall. Steno…