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Tienhaara E, Falck AAK, Pokka TML, Tossavainen PH. The natural history of emerging diabetic retinopathy and microalbuminuria from prepuberty to early adulthood in Type 1 diabetes: A 19-year prospective clinical follow-up study. Diabet Med 2022; 39:e14732. [PMID: 34687245 DOI: 10.1111/dme.14732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of long-term glycaemic control and glycaemic variability on microvascular complications in adolescents and young adults with childhood-onset Type 1 diabetes. METHODS Twenty-six participants took part in a prospective follow-up study. We used univariate generalised estimating equations (GEE) analysis with first-order autoregressive AR(1) covariance structure for repeated measurements to evaluate the relationship between emerging diabetic retinopathy (DR) and each single explanatory variable, namely age at developmental stages from late prepuberty until early adulthood, duration of diabetes and long-term HbA1c . Thereafter, the simultaneous effect of these three explanatory variables to DR was analysed in a multivariate model. RESULTS Twenty-five participants developed DR by early adulthood after a median diabetes duration of 16.2 years (range 6.3-24.0). No participants had DR during prepuberty. Each of the three variables was independently associated with emerging DR: age (OR 1.47, 95% CI to 1.25 to 1.74, p < 0.001) stronger than diabetes duration (OR 1.42, 95% CI 1.23 to 1.63, p < 0.001) and HbA1c (OR 1.02, 95% CI 1.001 to 1.05, p = 0.041) in this population. In the multivariate analysis of these three explanatory variables, only age was associated with DR (adjusted OR 1.52, 95% CI 1.10 to 2.10, p = 0.012). CONCLUSIONS The emergence of DR during adolescence and early adulthood is not rare and increases with age in patients with deteriorating metabolic control during puberty and thereafter. This underpins the need to prevent deterioration of glycaemic control from taking place during puberty-seen again in this follow-up study-in children with diabetes.
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- Emmi Tienhaara
- Department of Pediatrics, PEDEGO Research Unit and Medical Research Center, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
- Department of Ophthalmology, PEDEGO Research Unit and Medical Research Center, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Ophthalmology, PEDEGO Research Unit and Medical Research Center, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Pediatrics, PEDEGO Research Unit and Medical Research Center, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Pediatrics, PEDEGO Research Unit and Medical Research Center, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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Jaiswal M, Divers J, Urbina EM, Dabelea D, Bell RA, Pettitt DJ, Imperatore G, Pihoker C, Dolan LM, Liese AD, Marcovina S, Linder B, Feldman EL, Pop-Busui R. Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in adolescents and young adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes: The SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Cohort Study. Pediatr Diabetes 2018; 19:680-689. [PMID: 29292558 PMCID: PMC5938122 DOI: 10.1111/pedi.12633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2017] [Revised: 10/26/2017] [Accepted: 12/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of and risk factors for cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) in adolescents and young adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes enrolled in the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study. METHODS The study included 1646 subjects with type 1 diabetes (age 18 ± 4 years, diabetes duration 8 ± 2 years, HbA1c 9.1 ± 1.9%, 76% non-Hispanic Whites) and 252 with type 2 diabetes (age 22 ± 4 years, diabetes duration 8 ± 2 years, HbA1c 9.2 ± 3.0%, 45% non-Hispanic Blacks). Cross-sectional and longitudinal risk factors were assessed at baseline and follow-up visits. Area under the curve (AUC) was used to assess the longitudinal glycemic exposure and cardiovascular risk factors. CAN was assessed by time and frequency domain indices of heart rate variability (HRV). CAN was defined as the presence of ≥3 of 5 abnormal HRV indices. RESULTS The prevalence of CAN was 12% in adolescents and young adults with type 1 diabetes and 17% in those with type 2 diabetes. Poor long-term glycemic control (AUC HbA1c), high blood pressure, and elevated triglyceride levels were correlates of CAN in subjects with type 1 diabetes. In those with type 2 diabetes, CAN was associated with elevated triglycerides and increased urinary albumin excretion. CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of CAN in this multiethnic cohort of adolescents and young adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes are comparable to those reported in adults with diabetes. Suboptimal glycemic control and elevated triglycerides were the modifiable risk factors associated with CAN.
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- Mamta Jaiswal
- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- Preventive Cardiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- Division of Diabetes Translation, Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle Washington
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- Division of Endocrinology, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, South Carolina
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- Northwest Lipid Research Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Song L, Zhou L, Tang Z. An association analysis of lipid profile and diabetic cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in a Chinese sample. Lipids Health Dis 2016; 15:122. [PMID: 27457375 PMCID: PMC4960897 DOI: 10.1186/s12944-016-0287-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2016] [Accepted: 07/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Background Recent studies have shown that triglyceride (TG), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) are related to the prevalence of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN). However, little is known about the association of lipid profile with diabetic cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (DCAN), or its severity in the Chinese population. The purpose of this study is to explore the extent of this phenomenon using a Chinese sample. Methods A subgroup analysis on 455 diabetic patients with undiagnosed DCAN was performed to evaluate the relationships of lipids profile and DCAN. DCAN was diagnosed if there were at least two abnormal cardiovascular autonomic reflex test results, based on short-term heart rate variability tests. Multivariable logistic regression (MLR)was carried out to control potential confounders for determining the independent association of variables with DCAN in different models. Results MLR analysis indicated that TG was significantly and independently associated with DCAN when controlling for confounding factors (P < 0.1 for two models). Additionally, TG combined with TC (LRS-1) and LDL (LRS-2) was associated with this outcome (P < 0.1 for LRS-1 and LRS-2). Conclusion Our findings indicate that TG and the severity of lipids profile is significantly and independently associated with DCAN, respectively. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02461472, retrospectively registered 2 Jun, 2015
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- Lige Song
- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200065, China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Fudan University Huashan Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200065, China.
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Heart rate variability reflects the natural history of physiological development in healthy children and is not associated with quality of life. PLoS One 2014; 9:e91036. [PMID: 24625571 PMCID: PMC3953202 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2012] [Accepted: 02/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Background Quality of life (QoL), being the sum expression of diverse influencing factors, is not easy to determine. A clinically relevant option would be to identify and measure quality of life on the basis of physiological parameters which correlate plausibly and statistically with psychometrically measured QoL. Analysis of heart rate variability (HRV) offers readily measurable physiological parameters which could be of use here. A correlation of HRV with both course of disease and QoL has been reported in patients with chronic illness. Various psychometric instruments have been developed for use in paediatric oncology. The aim of this study was to obtain data on HRV and QoL and their correlations, initially in healthy children. Methods Holter ECG and quality of life were examined in 160 children and adolescents (72 male) aged between 8 and 18 years. QoL was determined with the established questionnaire PEDQoL. Standard parameters of HRV from the frequency domain were calculated and correlated with QoL domains using Spearman (nonparametric) correlation analysis. Results Minor but significant associations were revealed only with regard to the PEDQoL domain “autonomy” on the one hand and heart rate and HRV (e.g. MRR, MRRn, MRRd, HRV_ULF, SDNN) parameters which evidently reflect distinct physiological functions on the other. Conclusions In healthy children and adolescents we have a first indication that there is a correlation between parameters of HRV and QoL. However, to a greater extent, HRV reflects associated physiological processes of the autonomic nervous system. A higher correlation is more likely to be found in chronically ill children.
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Jaiswal M, Urbina EM, Wadwa RP, Talton JW, D'Agostino RB, Hamman RF, Fingerlin TE, Daniels S, Marcovina SM, Dolan LM, Dabelea D. Reduced heart rate variability among youth with type 1 diabetes: the SEARCH CVD study. Diabetes Care 2013; 36:157-62. [PMID: 22961570 PMCID: PMC3526238 DOI: 10.2337/dc12-0463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study compared heart rate variability (HRV) parameters in youth with and without type 1 diabetes and explored potential contributors of altered HRV. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS HRV parameters were measured among 354 youth with type 1 diabetes (mean age 18.8 years, diabetes duration 9.8 years, and mean A1C 8.9%) and 176 youth without diabetes (mean age 19.2 years) participating in the SEARCH CVD study. Multiple linear regression was used to assess the relationship between diabetes status and HRV parameters, adjusting for covariates. RESULTS Compared with control subjects, youth with type 1 diabetes had reduced overall HRV (10.09 ms lower SD of NN intervals [SDNN]) and markers of parasympathetic loss (13.5 ms reduced root mean square successive difference of NN intervals [RMSSD] and 5.2 normalized units (n.u.) reduced high frequency [HF] power) with sympathetic override (5.2 n.u. increased low frequency [LF] power), independent of demographic, anthropometric, and traditional cardiovascular risk factors. Older age, female sex, higher LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels, and presence of microalbuminuria were independently associated with lower HRV but did not account for the observed differences between youth with and without diabetes. Youth with type 1 diabetes and A1C levels ≥7.5% had significantly worse HRV parameters than control subjects; however, in youth with optimal glycemic control (A1C <7.5%), HRV parameters did not differ significantly from control subjects. CONCLUSIONS Youth with type 1 diabetes have signs of early cardiac autonomic neuropathy: reduced overall HRV and parasympathetic loss with sympathetic override. The main driver of these subclinical abnormalities appears to be hyperglycemia.
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- Mamta Jaiswal
- Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, USA
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Hägglund H, Uusitalo A, Peltonen JE, Koponen AS, Aho J, Tiinanen S, Seppänen T, Tulppo M, Tikkanen HO. Cardiovascular autonomic nervous system function and aerobic capacity in type 1 diabetes. Front Physiol 2012; 3:356. [PMID: 22973238 PMCID: PMC3435889 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2011] [Accepted: 08/19/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Impaired cardiovascular autonomic nervous system (ANS) function has been reported in type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients. ANS function, evaluated by heart rate variability (HRV), systolic blood pressure variability (SBPV), and baroreflex sensitivity (BRS), has been linked to aerobic capacity (VO2peak) in healthy subjects, but this relationship is unknown in T1D. We examined cardiovascular ANS function at rest and during function tests, and its relations to VO2peak in T1D individuals. Ten T1D patients (34 ± 7 years) and 11 healthy control (CON; 31 ± 6 years) age and leisure-time physical activity-matched men were studied. ANS function was recorded at rest and during active standing and handgrip. Determination of VO2peak was obtained with a graded cycle ergometer test. During ANS recordings SBPV, BRS, and resting HRV did not differ between groups, but alpha1 responses to maneuvers in detrended fluctuation analyses were smaller in T1D (active standing; 32%, handgrip; 20%, medians) than in CON (active standing; 71%, handgrip; 54%, p < 0.05). VO2peak was lower in T1D (36 ± 4 ml kg−1 min−1) than in CON (45 ± 9 ml kg−1 min−1, p < 0.05). Resting HRV measures, RMSSD, HF, and SD1 correlated with VO2peak in CON (p < 0.05) and when analyzing groups together. These results suggest that T1D had lower VO2peak, weaker HRV response to maneuvers, but not impaired cardiovascular ANS function at rest compared with CON. Resting parasympathetic cardiac activity correlated with VO2peak in CON but not in T1D. Detrended fluctuation analysis could be a sensitive detector of changes in cardiac ANS function in T1D.
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- Harriet Hägglund
- Department of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland
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Evaluation of Heart Rate Variation Analysis during Rest and Tilting in Patients with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Neurol Res Int 2011; 2011:829365. [PMID: 21789280 PMCID: PMC3140779 DOI: 10.1155/2011/829365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2010] [Revised: 03/15/2011] [Accepted: 05/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Objective. To evaluate spectral heart rate (HR) variation using short-term ECG recordings at rest and during the tilt table test. Methods. The values of spectral components of total power (TP), high-frequency power (HF), low-frequency power (LF) and LF: HF ratio were measured at rest and during the head-up tilt in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and their control subjects. Results. Compared to the control subjects, patients with TLE had lower HF (P < 0.05) and LF : HF ratio (P < 0.05) at rest and lower TP (P < 0.001), HF (P < 0.05), and LF (P < 0.05) during the head-up tilt. Upon changing from supine to standing position TP (P < 0.05) and LF (P < 0.05) were attenuated in patients with TLE compared to the control subjects. Conclusion. These results suggest that spectral analysis of HR variation from ECG recordings of short duration may add value to assessment of autonomic nervous system function using autonomic cardiac tests in patients with TLE.
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Gasic S, Winzer C, Bayerle-Eder M, Roden A, Pacini G, Kautzky-Willer A. Impaired cardiac autonomic function in women with prior gestational diabetes mellitus. Eur J Clin Invest 2007; 37:42-7. [PMID: 17181566 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2007.01752.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cardiac autonomic neuropathy is a common dysfunction in manifest diabetes mellitus and is associated with duration of diabetes and/or an inadequate glycaemic control. Heart rate variability (HRV) reflects autonomic heart function. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether in women with prior gestational diabetes (GD; pre-type 2 diabetes) alterations of cardiac autonomic function can be observed after delivery in relation to insulin sensitivity and glycaemic control. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-eight healthy women with prior GD were consecutively admitted to the study. HRV was analysed by both time, as well as frequency, domain methods using 24-h Holter monitoring. In addition, 20 women with normal glucose tolerance during and after pregnancy were investigated as control subjects. All women underwent a frequently sampled intravenous glucose tolerance test (FSIGT) for measurement of insulin sensitivity. RESULTS Time domain analysis (standard deviation of normal RR intervals; SDNN) showed a reduced HRV in 25 out of the 48 (52%) women with prior GD. Frequency domain analysis revealed that in these 25 subjects both low and high frequency components of power spectral density (reflecting mainly sympathetic respectively parasympathetic activity) were reduced, indicating that sympathetic as well as parasympathetic functional impairment may be assumed. However, a relative predominance of the sympathetic over parasympathetic cardiac function was observed. The impairment of cardiac autonomic function (reduced SDNN) was correlated with HbA1c values and the 2-h blood glucose concentration (oral glucose tolerance test) but not with insulin sensitivity. CONCLUSION The present results demonstrate that in 52% of the women examined who had prior GD, an impairment of cardiac sympathetic as well as parasympathetic function was present, which related to glycaemic control, but not to insulin sensitivity. This infers that functional autonomic changes could be an early prognostic indicator in pre-type 2 diabetes.
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- S Gasic
- Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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Witte DR, Tesfaye S, Chaturvedi N, Eaton SEM, Kempler P, Fuller JH. Risk factors for cardiac autonomic neuropathy in type 1 diabetes mellitus. Diabetologia 2005; 48:164-71. [PMID: 15619072 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-004-1617-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2004] [Accepted: 09/23/2004] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in type 1 diabetes. Apart from glycaemic control, risk factors for CAN have not been extensively studied. METHODS As part of the EURODIAB Prospective Complications Study, CAN--defined as either a loss of heart rate variability or postural hypotension on standing--was assessed at baseline and follow-up (7.3+/-0.6 years from baseline) in patients with type 1 diabetes. RESULTS Follow-up measurements were available for 956 participants without CAN at baseline (age at baseline 31.3+/-8.9 years, duration of diabetes 13.5+/-8.3 years). During follow-up, 163 (17%) subjects developed CAN, yielding an incidence of 23.4 per 1,000 person-years. Blood pressure, weight, the presence of cardiovascular disease, albuminuria, distal symmetrical polyneuropathy (DSP) and retinopathy at baseline were associated with the incidence of CAN after adjustment for sex, duration of diabetes and HbA(1)c. In a multivariate regression model, baseline factors associated with an increased risk of developing CAN were age [odds ratio (OR)=1.3 per decade, 95% CI 1.1-1.7], HbA(1)c (OR=1.2 per percentage point, 95% CI 1.1-1.4), systolic blood pressure (OR=1.1 per 10 mmHg, 95% CI 1.0-1.3), feeling faint on standing (OR=2.0, 95% CI 1.2-3.2), DSP (OR=1.9, 95% CI 1.2-3.0) and retinopathy (OR=1.7, 95% CI 1.1-2.6). CONCLUSION/INTERPRETATION This study confirms the importance of exposure to hyperglycaemia as a risk factor for CAN. A small set of variables, including HbA(1)c, hypertension, DSP and retinopathy, predict the risk of CAN. Clinical trials are needed to address the impact of intensive antihypertensive treatment on CAN in type 1 diabetes.
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- D R Witte
- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Royal Free and University College London Medical School, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Larsen JR, Sjøholm H, Berg TJ, Sandvik L, Brekke M, Hanssen KF, Dahl-Jørgensen K. Eighteen years of fair glycemic control preserves cardiac autonomic function in type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Care 2004; 27:963-6. [PMID: 15047656 DOI: 10.2337/diacare.27.4.963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the association between 18 years of mean HbA(1c) and cardiac autonomic function in type 1 diabetic patients having used intensive insulin treatment. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 39 patients with type 1 diabetes were followed during 18 years, and HbA(1c) was measured yearly. At 18 years follow-up heart rate variability (HRV) measurements were used to assess cardiac autonomic function. Standard cardiac autonomic tests during normal breathing, deep breathing, the Valsalva maneuver, and the tilt test were performed. Maximal heart rate increase during exercise electrocardiogram and minimal heart rate during sleep were also used to describe cardiac autonomic function. RESULTS We present the results for patients with mean HbA(1c) <8.4% (two lowest HbA(1c) tertiles) compared with those with HbA(1c) > or = 8.4% (highest HbA(1c) tertile). All of the cardiac autonomic tests were significantly different in the high- and the low-HbA(1c) groups, and the most favorable scores for all tests were seen in the low-HbA(1c) group. In the low-HbA(1c) group, the HRV was 40% during deep breathing, and in the high-HbA(1c) group, the HRV was 19.9% (P = 0.005). Minimal heart rate at night was significantly lower in the low-HbA(1c) groups than in the high-HbA(1c) group (P = 0.039). With maximal exercise, the increase in heart rate was significantly higher in the low-HbA(1c) group compared with the high-HbA(1c) group (P = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Mean HbA(1c) during 18 years was associated with cardiac autonomic function. Cardiac autonomic function was preserved with HbA(1c) <8.4%, whereas cardiac autonomic dysfunction was impaired in the group with HbA(1c) > or = 8.4%.
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- Jakob R Larsen
- Diabetes Research Center, Aker and Ulleval University Hospitals, and Department of Pediatrics, Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
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Current literature in diabetes. Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2003; 19:164-71. [PMID: 12673786 DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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