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ABSTRACT: Background
The influence of baseline HbA1c levels on vein graft outcomes post coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remains unclear.Objective
The purpose of this study was to assess the association between baseline HbA1c and 1-year vein graft patency, and the effects of antiplatelet therapy on the 1-year vein graft patency after CABG in patients with baseline HbA1c <6.5% vs ≥6.5%.Methods
We examined the subgroups with baseline HbA1c <6.5% vs ≥6.5% from the DACAB trial (NCT02201771), in which 500 patients were randomly allocated to receive ticagrelor plus aspirin (T+A), ticagrelor alone (T), or aspirin alone (A) for 1 year after CABG. The primary outcome was the vein graft patency (FitzGibbon grade A) at 1 year.Results
A total of 405 patients with available baseline HbA1c data were included in this subgroup analysis. Of them, there were 233 patients (678 vein grafts) with baseline HbA1c <6.5% and 172 patients (512 vein grafts) with baseline HbA1c ≥6.5%. Compared with the HbA1c <6.5% subgroup, the HbA1c ≥6.5% subgroup showed worse 1-year vein graft patency (adjusted odds ratio [OR] for nonpatency: 1.69, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.08-2.64). T+A showed higher vein graft patency than A in both HbA1c <6.5% (adjusted OR for nonpatency: 0.34, 95% CI: 0.15-0.75) and HbA1c ≥6.5% subgroups (adjusted OR for nonpatency: 0.45, 95% CI: 0.19-1.09), without an interaction effect (P for interaction = 0.335), whereas T did not show more significant improvement than A in both subgroups.Conclusions
In the DACAB trial, lower baseline HbA1c was associated with higher vein graft patency 1 year after CABG. T+A improved 1-year vein graft patency vs A, irrespective of baseline HbA1c.
SUBMITTER: Zhu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9627937 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Zhu Yunpeng Y Hu Junlong J Zhang Minlu M Xue Qing Q Liu Hao H Wang Rui R Wang Xiaowei X Cheng Zhaoyun Z Zhao Qiang Q
JACC. Asia 20220315 2
<h4>Background</h4>The influence of baseline HbA1c levels on vein graft outcomes post coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remains unclear.<h4>Objective</h4>The purpose of this study was to assess the association between baseline HbA1c and 1-year vein graft patency, and the effects of antiplatelet therapy on the 1-year vein graft patency after CABG in patients with baseline HbA1c <6.5% vs ≥6.5%.<h4>Methods</h4>We examined the subgroups with baseline HbA1c <6.5% vs ≥6.5% from the DACAB trial (N ...[more]