Predicting the occurrence of diabetes mellitus in recipients of heart transplants

Summary Aims To establish the incidence of post-transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM) and factors predictive of its development. Methods This was a retrospective review (using hospital records and transplant database) of 97 consecutive adult patients who underwent cardiac transplantation at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia. Results Mean follow-up was 27 months. Excluding five patients who had pre-existing diabetes, the cumulative incidence of PTDM was 15.7%. Pre-transplant random blood glucose (5.6 ± 0.8 vs. 5.2 ± 0.6 mmol/l, P