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