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(Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 2001;21:2051.)
© 2001 American Heart Association, Inc.

Atherosclerosis and Lipoproteins

Association of Multiple Risk Factors and Insulin Resistance With Increased Prevalence of Asymptomatic Coronary Artery Disease by an Electron-Beam Computed Tomographic Study

Yadon Arad; David Newstein; Fredrick Cadet; Marguerite Roth; Alan D. Guerci

From the Department of Preventive Cardiology, St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, New York.

Correspondence to Yadon Arad, MD, Director of Preventive Cardiology, St. Francis Hospital, 100 Port Washington Blvd, Roslyn, NY 11576. E-mail yadon{at}earthlink.net

The insulin resistance syndrome, consisting of resistance to insulin and several metabolic abnormalities, is associated with an increased risk of symptomatic coronary artery disease. Asymptomatic persons with increased coronary calcification have increased coronary plaque and an increased likelihood of future cardiovascular events. Electron-beam computed tomography–derived coronary artery calcium scores, metabolic and anthropometric parameters, and fasting and stimulated concentrations of glucose and insulin were measured in 1160 asymptomatic men and women. Coronary artery calcium scores were positively correlated with glucose, insulin, and homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) insulin resistance. Calcium scores were positively correlated with intra-abdominal adiposity, age, total cholesterol/high density lipoprotein (HDL) ratio, low density lipoprotein, triglycerides, blood pressure, and HOMA beta cell function and inversely correlated with HDL and peripheral fat. These correlations, except for 2-hour glucose, remained significant for all subjects with fasting serum glucose <126 mg/dL or all subjects with fasting serum glucose 110 mg/dL. In a multivariate analysis, age, sex, family history of premature coronary artery disease, intra-abdominal adiposity, low density lipoprotein, and smoking independently predicted calcium scores. Blood pressure, HDL, triglycerides, glucose, insulin, and HOMA insulin resistance or beta cell function were not independently correlated with coronary artery calcium scores. Asymptomatic individuals with insulin resistance have elevated coronary calcium scores. The association between insulin resistance and coronary calcification persists with impaired glucose tolerance and normal fasting serum glucose. Central/visceral adiposity may be a determinant of insulin resistance and atherosclerosis even in asymptomatic nondiabetic persons.

Key Words: calcium • electron-beam computed tomography • risk factors • insulin • glucose

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