'Correction:' Serum transforming growth factor beta-1 (TGF-beta-1) levels in diabetic patients are not associated with pre-existent coronary artery disease.

Background: The association between TGF-beta1 levels and long-term major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) is controversial. No study specifically addressed patients with CAD and diabetes mellitus (DM). The association between TGF-beta1 levels and long-term major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) is controversial.

Angiographic coronary artery disease is associated with progressively higher levels of fasting plasma glucose.

This study evaluated the association between progressively higher levels of fasting glycemia (G) and insulin resistance parameters with coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients referred for coronary angiography. All 145 patients (age 58.4+/-0.