Both diabetes and ischemic heart disease (IHD) are important risk factors for heart failure hospitalization. We investigated the association between the degree of risk-factor control and risk of heart failure in diabetic patients with and without IHD. A total of 20,9diabetic patients from UK Biobank were included, and matched with 82,582 controls based on age, sex, the presence of IHD, and assessment center. Risk-factor control was evaluated by 3 factors: glycated hemoglobin <53 mol/mol, blood pressure <140/90 mm/Hg and non-HDL-cholesterol <130 mg/dl. The Cox regression model was used to assess the association between the number of risk-factor control and the risk of heart failure. During a mean follow-up of 8.7 years, 1,139 incident heart failure hospitalization were documented. Higher degree of risk-factor control was significantly associated with a lower risk of heart failure in diabetic patients without IHD, but not in diabetic patients with IHD (P-interaction=0.008) . Moreover, as compared with non-diabetic controls, the diabetes-related excess risk of heart failure became diminished when all the three risk factors were under control in diabetic patients without IHD; the hazard ratio for heart failure was 1. (95%, CI, 0.85-1.49) . Our findings highlight the importance of early intervention for controlling cardiovascular risk factors in preventing heart failure, especially before the onset of IHD.
H.Ma: None. X.Wang: None. Y.Heianza: None. L.Qi: None.