Abstract

Background: As diabetes is an important risk factor for myocardial infarction (MI), the present study investigates the relationship between coronary artery disease (CAD) and ferritin levels in diabetic and non-diabetic Iranian patients.
Materials and methods: This is a descriptive-analytical prospective study among MI patients in cardiac care units (CCU) in 2020. The eligible patients admitted from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2021 participated according to the inclusion criteria. The ferritin level was measured using ELISA. Data were analyzed via SPSS 22.
Results: Out of 135 MI patients, 55 (40.74%) were in the diabetic group, and 80 (59.25%) were non-diabetic. The diabetics’ serum ferritin (122.56 ng/mL) was significantly higher than that of the control group (92.67 ng/mL) (p = 0.02). However, the other laboratory findings were not significantly different between the two groups.
Conclusion: Higher levels of ferritin were associated with diabetes mellitus in patients with acute MI. The exact mechanism of such a relationship must be examined in further prospective studies.

Author Details

Authors

• Zohreh Mahmoodi
• Saeedeh Rashki Ghaleno

Departments

• Cardiology Department, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran

Address

Saeedeh Rashki Ghaleno
Assistant Professor of Cardiology
Cardiology Department
Zabol University of Medical Sciences
Zabol, Iran
Email: [email protected]

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