In contrast to glycemic control, there is strong evidence that addressing other cardiac risk factors (encouraging smoking cessation, use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor drugs, control of blood pressure and elevated LDL-cholesterol, as well as use of anti-platelet agents) substantially lowers short- and long-term

risk of macrovascular events in those with DM2.93 A clinically important barrier to therapy with HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (“statins”) in DM is the occurrence of muscular symptoms, which Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical typically are mild (aching, weakness) but rarely may be severe or life-threatening (rhabdomyolysis). Recent pharmacogenetic studies found that variants in the SLCO1B1 gene (affecting cytochrome-mediated drug clearance) are associated with an increased risk of statin-induced Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical myopathy,94 particularly with simvastatin

but not pravastatin. In some studies, those with DM2 but without history of cardiac events bear the same risk of experiencing a cardiac event as non-DM patients Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical who have already experienced an event.95 As a result, primary prevention of ASCVD in DM2 is treated in the same way as secondary prevention in those without DM (“DM as a coronary disease equivalent”).4 Consequently, patients with DM2 typically are exposed to the costs, complexity, and risk of side effects from poly-pharmacy, receiving multiple medications to lower LDL-cholesterol and blood pressure as well as glucose. Improved assessment of ASCVD Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical risk would allow for a more personalized implementation of these preventive measures. More than a dozen models have been developed to predict absolute risk for ASCVD in DM2 patients, which vary in their predictive power (AUC ranging from 0.61 to 0.86), validation, and evidence for impact on clinical practice and outcomes.96 Estimates of ASCVD

risk need to take into account ethnicity.97 All use clinical variables (such as age, gender, HbA1c, duration of DM, Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical presence of albuminuria, Selleckchem Nutlin3 tobacco use, measures of blood pressure, and lipid parameters). None incorporate novel risk factors such as soluble receptors for advanced glycation end products (sRAGE),98 hsCRP or other measures of inflammation, markers of endothelial dysfunction, or growth factors such as placental growth factor or transforming growth factor-β that Resveratrol are associated with increased cardiac risk.99 None to date include genomic, proteomic, or metabolomic information. A novel predictor of ASCVD risk in those with both type 1 and type 2 DM is the haptoglobin genotype.100 Haptoglobin is a circulating hemoglobin-scavenging protein that exists in three variants: 1–1, 1–2, and 2–2. A number of studies identified a doubled risk for ASCVD for those with the 2–2 genotype,100 which is present in approximately 36% of DM2.