Aim: To assess the clinical impact of hyperinsulinism and major coronary risk factors in patients with angiographically documented or excluded coronary artery disease (CAD), a clinical study was carried out in 268 men admitted for left heart catheterization.
Methods: Fasting immunoreactive insulin (IRI) levels were correlated to all major cardiovascular risk factors and to the presence and degree of CAD.
Results: IRI levels were correlated significantly with the degree of CAD (one-vessel disease: mean IRI 9.45 microU/ml +/- 0.43 SEM; two-vessel disease: mean IRI 10.4 microU/ml +/- 0.71 SEM; three-vessel disease: mean IRI 11.88 microU/ml +/- 0.98 SEM) and inversely to the high-density lipoprotein level (P < 0.05). In patients with arterial hypertension, IRI levels were elevated, without a significant difference between those with and those without CAD, whereas the IRI levels of non-hypertensive men with CAD (n = 81; mean IRI 9.85 microU/ml +/- 0.51 SEM) differed significantly (P < 0.05) from those of non-hypertensive men without CAD (n = 59; mean IRI 7.76 microU/ml +/- 0.43 SEM). IRI levels were significantly higher (P < 0.05) in obese patients (n = 65; mean IRI 11.68 microU/ml +/- 0.70 SEM versus n = 203; mean IRI 9.32 microU/ml +/- 0.34 SEM), in patients with elevated triglycerides (n = 58 mean IRI 11.59 microU/ml +/- 0.81 SEM versus n = 210; mean IRI 9.42 microU/ml +/- 0.33 SEM), and in patients with lowered HDL cholesterol (n = 178; mean IRI 11.06 microU/ml +/- 0.63 SEM versus n = 90; mean IRI 9.29 microU/ml +/- 0.34 SEM). Diabetic patients on angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor therapy (n = 11; mean IRI 7.91 microU/ml +/- 0.91 SEM) had significantly (P < 0.05) lower IRI levels than those not treated with ACE inhibitors (n = 25; mean IRI 12.96 microU/ml +/- 1.47 SEM). IRI levels exceeding 8 microU/ml were associated with a 1.98-fold risk for CAD compared with IRI levels below 8 microU/ml. Stepwise logistic regression showed that insulin was an independent determinant of CAD.
Conclusion: Knowledge of the fasting insulin level is an important contribution to the identification of patients with, or at risk of, CAD.
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