Positive association between stress hyperglycemia ratio and pulmonary infection in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

Cardiovasc DiabetolPublished Cohort study

Main finding · Pulmonary infection during hospitalizationResult — go to the resultOdds ratio 1.46 95% CI 1.06–2.02

Authors' conclusion

The SHR is independently associated with the risk of pulmonary infection during hospitalization and in-hospital MACEs for patients with STEMI undergoing PCI.

Study context

Population
Patients with STEMI undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), consecutively enrolled 2010–2020
Participants
2,841 patients
Exposure
Stress hyperglycemia ratio (SHR) tertiles
Outcome
Pulmonary infection
Follow-up
During hospitalization
Methodological detailsconsecutively enrolled, multivariate logistic regression
  • Consecutively enrolled
  • Multivariate logistic regression

Main finding

Pulmonary infection during hospitalization

Odds ratio

1.46

95% CI 1.06–2.02

P = 0.021

SHR
OR 1.46 (95% CI 1.06–2.02); P = 0.021

As reported in the abstract

Higher SHR associated with higher rate of pulmonary infection across SHR tertiles
8.1%, 9.9%, and 18.0%, P < 0.001
Overall pulmonary infection
323 (11.4%)
No significant non-linear relationship between SHR and pulmonary infection (cubic spline)
P = 0.210

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Secondary outcomes

In-hospital MACE (all-cause mortality, stroke, target vessel revascularization or recurrent MI)

OR (95% CI)P value
SHR1.67 (1.17–2.39)P = 0.005
In-hospital MACE (all-cause mortality, stroke, target vessel revascularization or recurrent MI) — Higher SHR associated with higher rate of in-hospital MACE across SHR tertiles
3.7%, 5.1%, and 8.6%, P < 0.001
In-hospital MACE (all-cause mortality, stroke, target vessel revascularization or recurrent MI) — Overall in-hospital MACE
165 (5.8%)
In-hospital MACE (all-cause mortality, stroke, target vessel revascularization or recurrent MI) — No significant non-linear relationship between SHR and MACE (cubic spline)
P = 0.743
  • In-hospital MACE (all-cause mortality, stroke, target vessel revascularization or recurrent MI): multivariate logistic regression, adjusted for potential confounding factors

Best ROC cutoff of SHR for pulmonary infection

Best cutoff value of SHR for pulmonary infection
1.073

Original publication

Positive association between stress hyperglycemia ratio and pulmonary infection in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Cardiovasc Diabetol. Published 31 March 2023. doi:10.1186/s12933-023-01799-3

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