• Jannik Langtved Pallisgaard, Maria Mori Brooks, Bernard R Chaitman, Derek B Boothroyd, Marco Perez, Mark A Hlatky, and Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation 2 Diabetes Study Group.
• Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte and Herlev, Hellerup, Copenhagen, Denmark; Copenhagen University, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark. Electronic address: jannikjannik@gmail.com.
• Am. J. Med. 2018 Jul 1; 131 (7): 805-812.

BackgroundWe sought to determine whether insulin-sensitizing therapy (thiazolidinediones or metformin) decreased the risk of developing atrial fibrillation compared with insulin-providing therapy (insulin, sulfonylurea, or a meglitinide). Thiazolidinediones are insulin sensitizers that also decrease the inflammatory response. Because inflammation is a risk factor for atrial fibrillation, we hypothesized that treating diabetes with thiazolidinediones might decrease the risk of developing atrial fibrillation.MethodsThe Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation 2 Diabetes (BARI 2D) trial enrolled patients with type 2 diabetes and documented coronary artery disease. All patients were randomized to insulin-sensitizing therapy or insulin-providing therapy.ResultsA total of 2319 patients entered the study, with 1160 assigned to the insulin-sensitization strategy and 1159 assigned to the insulin-provision strategy. Over a median follow-up of 4.2 years, 90 patients (3.9%) developed new-onset atrial fibrillation. In the intention-to-treat analysis, the incidence of atrial fibrillation was 8.7 per 1000 person-years in patients assigned to insulin sensitization compared with 9.5 in patients assigned to insulin provision with a hazard ratio (HR) of 0.91 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.60-1.38, P = .66). In a time-varying exposure analysis, the incidence rate per 1000 person-years was 7.2 while exposed to thiazolidinediones and 9.7 while not exposed to thiazolidinediones with an adjusted HR of 0.80 (95% CI, 0.33-1.94, P = .62). In a subset of patients matched on propensity to receive a thiazolidinediones, the HR was 0.75 (95% CI, 0.43-1.30, P = .30).ConclusionsWe did not find a significant reduction of atrial fibrillation incidence with use of thiazolidinediones.Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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