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Platelet aggregation is not altered among men with diabetes mellitus

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Abstract

Aims

Platelets are pivotal in arterial thrombosis, and platelet hyperresponsiveness may contribute to the increased incidence of cardiovascular events in diabetes mellitus. Consequently, we hypothesized that increased in vitro platelet aggregation responses exist in men with diabetes mellitus.

Methods

The Danish Cardiovascular Screening Trial (DANCAVAS) is a community-based cardiovascular screening trial including men aged 65–74 years. Platelet aggregation was tested using 96-well light transmission aggregometry with thrombin receptor-activating peptide (TRAP), adenosine diphosphate, collagen type 1, arachidonic acid and protease-activated receptor-4 in three concentrations. Further, cardiovascular risk factors and coronary artery calcification (CAC), estimated by CT scans and ankle–brachial index, were obtained.

Results

Included were 720 men aged 65–74 years, 110 with diabetes mellitus. Overall, there was no difference in platelet aggregation among men with versus without diabetes mellitus when adjusting for or excluding platelet inhibitor treatment and men with established cardiovascular disease (CVD). This was true for all agonists, e.g., 10 µM TRAP-induced platelet aggregation of median 69% (IQR 53–75) versus 70% (IQR 60–76) in men with versus without diabetes mellitus. Platelet aggregation did not correlate with HbA1c or CAC. Men with diabetes mellitus displayed higher CAC, median 257 Agatston units (IQR 74–1141) versus median 111 Agatston units (IQR 6–420) in the remaining individuals, p < 0.0001.

Conclusions

Among outpatients with diabetes mellitus, but no CVD and no platelet inhibitor treatment, neither are platelets hyperresponsive in diabetes mellitus, nor is platelet aggregation associated with glycemic status or with the degree of coronary atherosclerosis.

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ISRCTN12157806.

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Abbreviations

ADP:

Adenosine diphosphate

AU:

Agatston units

CAC:

Coronary artery calcification

CVD:

Cardiovascular disease

HbA1c :

Hemoglobin A1c

HDL:

High-density lipoprotein

IQR:

Interquartile range

LDL:

Low-density lipoprotein

LTA:

Light transmission aggregometry

PAR-4:

Protease-activated receptor-4

PPP:

Platelet-poor plasma

PRP:

Platelet-rich plasma

TRAP:

Thrombin receptor-activating peptide

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The authors thank the entire staff of DANCAVAS.

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The study received research support from Odense University Hospital and from the Hansen-Bille Braheske Family foundation.

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    Christian Kring, Lars M. Rasmussen & Pernille J. Vinholt

  2. Centre of Individualized Medicine in Arterial Disease (CIMA), Odense, Denmark

    Christian Kring, Lars M. Rasmussen, Jes S. Lindholt & Axel C. P. Diederichsen

  3. Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

    Jes S. Lindholt

  4. Department of Cardiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

    Axel C. P. Diederichsen

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CK contributed to study design, research, analysis and interpretation of the data, and writing of the manuscript. LMR contributed to study design, interpretation of the data and editing of the manuscript. JSL contributed to study design, interpretation of the data and editing of the manuscript. ACPD contributed to study design, interpretation of the data and editing of the manuscript. PJV contributed to study design, data analysis and interpretation of the data, and editing of the manuscript. CK is the guarantor of this work and, as such, had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.

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Supplemental Fig. 1

Coronary artery calcification in patients with and without diabetes mellitus. Coronary artery calcification was determined from low-dose CT scans without contrast of the coronary arteries. Box plots show coronary artery calcification in men with (n = 66) and without (n = 476) diabetes mellitus after exclusion of men treated with platelet inhibitors. Horizontal line indicates median, boxes reflect interquartile range and whiskers are 10th and 90th percentiles. Dots are individual values above the 90th percentile. Men with cardiovascular disease were excluded. p value were generated by Mann–Whitney U test. AU: Agatston units; CAC: coronary artery calcification (TIFF 124 kb)

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Kring, C., Rasmussen, L.M., Lindholt, J.S. et al. Platelet aggregation is not altered among men with diabetes mellitus. Acta Diabetol 57, 389–399 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00592-019-01438-y

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