Introduction: Data shows that no study
at a national level on fatality rates of myocardial infarction (MI) and its
determinants in diabetic and non-diabetic hospitalized Iranian patients, has
yet been published. The aim of this study was to determine the case fatality
rate (CFR) of MI in patients with and without history of diabetes and the
factors associated with MI mortality in Iran. Materials and Methods: In
this cross-sectional, national study, data of 20,750 new patients with MI were
used. For data analysis, Chi-square test, t-test and logistic regression model
in Stata software were used. Modeling was done per gender. Results: Of
20,750 new patients with MI, 4,612 (22.3%) patients had diabetes. Case Fatality
rates of MI were 13.22% (confidence interval [CI] 95%=12.27-14.23) in diabetic
patients and 11.7% (11.28-12.26) in non-diabetic patients, and were significant
(p=0.036). Odds ratio (OR) of mortality from ST segment elevation myocardial
infarction STEMI was 4.77 (CI 95%=4.20-5.43) in men, approximately twice that
in women (OR=2.13, CI 95%=1.78-2.54). Conclusion: Although CFR was
higher in diabetic patients than in non diabetic ones, the statistically
significant difference was not clinically noteworthy, due to the small
difference in CFR between the two groups and large sample size of the study.
Therefore, prompt management and provision of required healthcare in emergency
and CCUs within the appropriate time and access to specialized treatments for diabetic
and non diabetic patients are recommended. |