Prediabetes versus type 2 diabetes mellitus based on pre-percutaneous coronary intervention thrombolysis in myocardial infarction flow grade in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction after successful newer-generation drug-eluting stent implantation

BACKGROUND: We compared the 2-year clinical outcomes between prediabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) according to the pre-percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) flow grade in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. METHODS: Overall, 6448 STEMI patients were divided into two groups: pre-PCI TIMI 0/1 group (n = 4854) and pre-PCI TIMI 2/3 group (n = 1594). They were further divided into patients with normoglycemia, prediabetes, and T2DM. The major endpoint was major adverse cardiac events (MACEs), defined as all-cause death, recurrent myocardial infarction, or any repeat revascularization. RESULTS: In the pre-PCI TIMI 0/1 group, all-cause death rate was higher in both prediabetes (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR]: 1.633, p = 0.045) and T2DM (aHR: 2.064, p = 0.002) groups than in the normoglycemia group. In the pre-PCI TIMI 2/3 group, any repeat revascularization rate was also higher in both prediabetes (aHR: 2.511, p = 0.039) and T2DM (aHR: 3.156, p = 0.009) than normoglycemia. In each group (pre-PCI TIMI 0/1 or 2/3), the MACEs and all other clinical outcomes rates were similar between the prediabetes and T2DM groups. CONCLUSIONS: Prediabetes showed comparable worse clinical outcomes to those of T2DM regardless of the pre-PCI TIMI flow grade.