Prevalence and outcome of newly detected diabetes in patients who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention.

Aims: The beneficial effect of specific measures in patients with newly detected diabetes during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been poorly studied. Here, we determined the prevalence of newly detected diabetes in a cohort of patients who underwent PCI and analysed their clinical outcome.

Methods And Results: A prospective study included patients without previous diagnosis of diabetes that were referred for PCI between November 2005 and May 2006.

Folate and cobalamin synergistically decrease the risk of high plasma homocysteine in a nonsupplemented elderly institutionalized population.

Objective: Total plasma homocysteine (tHcy) has been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease in the general population and elderly subjects are at high risk of elevated homocysteine because of an impaired vitamin status. The aim of the present study was to determine the independent and interactive association of adequate folate and cobalamin (intake and serum levels) with tHcy in elderly subjects who were not taking vitamin supplementation.

Design And Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of a sample of 140 elderly recruited from seven nursing homes in Asturias (Northern Spain).