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Roos T, Hochstadt S, Keuthage W, Kröger J, Lueg A, Mühlen H, Schütte L, Scheper N, Ehrmann D, Hermanns N, Heinemann L, Kulzer B. Level of Digitalization in Germany: Results of the Diabetes Digitalization and Technology (D.U.T) Report 2020. J Diabetes Sci Technol 2022; 16:144-151. [PMID: 33106043 PMCID: PMC8875052 DOI: 10.1177/1932296820965553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND New diagnostic and therapeutic technologies are increasingly changing the treatment of people with diabetes (PWD), along with increased usage of digital tools. To date, however, there is little data to which level and how diabetologists and PWD implement digitalization. Also, not much is known about the view of diabetologists on the current status and future developments in this respect. METHOD In an online survey, diabetologists working in clinics and practices across Germany provided responses regarding their view on digitalization and the adoption of new technologies in diabetology to 56 questions. These comments reflect the opinion of several experts about the current importance and use of specific digital/technological topics. RESULTS Overall, 326 diabetologists took part in the survey. They reported a positive attitude (75.8%) toward new technologies and digitalization, and they see more advantages rather than disadvantages. Younger age of the diabetologists was significantly associated with a more positive attitude (r = -0.176; P < .01), and there was no gender effect (P = .738). On average, in each practice, 5.5% of PWD are using an insulin pump for therapy, 4.8% a real-time continuous glucose monitoring system, 16.9% an intermittent scanning continuous glucose monitoring system, and 0.3% an automated insulin delivery (AID) system. With respect to digitalization, the three most important current topics are software for glucose data analysis (average rank on a scale from one to six, with one being the most important: 2.4), compatibility with other systems (2.9), and AID systems (3.8)). CONCLUSIONS This survey, which is going to be repeated annually, showed that the diabetologists who participated predominantly have a positive attitude toward new technologies and digital applications and were aware of the associated advantages. However, perceived disadvantages need to be addressed to enable wider adoption of new technologies and digital solutions.
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- Timm Roos
- Research Institute of the Diabetes Academy/Forschungsinstitut der Diabetes-Akademie Bad Mergentheim GmbH (FIDAM), Bad Mergentheim, Germany
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- Specialist Practice for Diabetes and Nutritional Medicine/Schwerpunktpraxis für Diabetes und Ernährungsmedizin, Münster, Germany
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- Center for Diabetology/Zentrum für Diabetologie Bergedorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Diabetes Center/Diabeteszentrum, L1, Hameln, Germany
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- Research Institute of the Diabetes Academy/Forschungsinstitut der Diabetes-Akademie Bad Mergentheim GmbH (FIDAM), Bad Mergentheim, Germany
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- Research Institute of the Diabetes Academy/Forschungsinstitut der Diabetes-Akademie Bad Mergentheim GmbH (FIDAM), Bad Mergentheim, Germany
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- Research Institute of the Diabetes Academy/Forschungsinstitut der Diabetes-Akademie Bad Mergentheim GmbH (FIDAM), Bad Mergentheim, Germany
- Bernhard Kulzer, PhD, Research institute of the Diabetes Academy Bad Mergentheim (FIDAM), Theodor-Klotzbücher-Str. 12, Bad Mergentheim, 97980, Germany.
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Mühlen H. Veränderung der HbA1c-Werte unter Blutzuckerselbstkontrolle mithilfe eines Blutzuckermesssystems mit integriertem Mahlzeiten-Insulinrechner. Ergebnisse einer Beobachtungsstudie unter Praxisbedingungen bei Patienten mit Typ-1- und Typ-2-Diabetes. DIABETOL STOFFWECHS 2016. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1580987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Merker L, Bierwirth R, Thiel J, Mühlen H. Sitagliptin als Zusatz zu Insulin - 2-Jahres-Daten aus Diabetes-Schwerpunktpraxen. DIABETOL STOFFWECHS 2013. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1341905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Mühlen H. Der elektronische Insulinpen Pendiq® ist konventionellen Insulinpens hinsichtlich Bedienerfreundlichkeit und Zusatznutzen überlegen. DIABETOL STOFFWECHS 2013. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1341936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Merker L, Bierwirth R, Thiel J, Wefelnberg M, Mühlen H. Sitagliptin als Zusatz zu Insulin - Jahresdaten aus Diabetes-Schwerpunktpraxen. DIABETOL STOFFWECHS 2012. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1314770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Bierwirth RA, Merker L, Thiel J, Wefelnberg M, Mühlen H. Erste Erfahrungen mit Sitagliptin als Zusatz zu Insulin in diabetologischen Schwerpunktpraxen. DIABETOL STOFFWECHS 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1277440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Kolassa R, Mühlen H, Maraun M, Rose L, Hellenkamp A, Eberlein G, Donaubauer B, Busch K, Häußler RU, Jung R, Göbel R, Jansen I, Semmler S, Kohn W, Schulze-Schleppinghof B, Sack A, Bonnermann S, Thomas A. Nutzung des kontinuierlichen Glukosemonitorings (CGM) zur Ausschöpfung des Bolusmanagements von modernen Insulinpumpen. DIABETOL STOFFWECHS 2010. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1253847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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To evaluate whether cerebral glucose metabolism is impaired in diabetes the [18F]-2-deoxy-2-fluoro-D-glucose method and positron emission tomography were used to determine the regional cerebral metabolic rate of glucose in 12 healthy subjects, 8 newly diagnosed Type 1 diabetic patients 6 Type 1 diabetic subjects without peripheral neuropathy, and 7 Type 1 diabetic patients with symptomatic peripheral neuropathy, all of whom were men. In addition, multimodal evoked potentials were assessed. Cerebral glucose consumption was significantly reduced in the group with neuropathy as compared with the newly diagnosed diabetic patients and the healthy subjects (26.9 +/- 1.0 vs 33.9 +/- 1.9 and 32.5 +/- 1.1 mumol 100 g-1 min-1; p < 0.05), while in the patients without neuropathy it was 30.2 +/- 2.5 mumol 100 g-1 min-1 (NS vs the remaining groups). There were no significant differences between the groups regarding brainstem auditory and visual evoked potentials. No relationship was noted between cerebral glucose metabolism and P300 latency of event-related potentials as an index of cognitive function, but there was an inverse correlation with age (r = -0.42; p < 0.05) and duration of diabetes (r = -0.67; p < 0.05). These results suggest that cerebral glucose metabolism is normal at the time of diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes, but may become altered with both increasing duration of diabetes and age in the absence of central conduction deficits or cognitive dysfunction. Diabetic neuropathy may constitute a possible additional correlate of reduced cerebral glucose consumption.
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- D Ziegler
- Diabetes Research Institute, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Ziegler D, Mühlen H, Dannehl K, Gries FA. Tibial nerve somatosensory evoked potentials at various stages of peripheral neuropathy in insulin dependent diabetic patients. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1993; 56:58-64. [PMID: 8381473 PMCID: PMC1014767 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.56.1.58] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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To determine whether central nervous conduction deficits are related to the degree of peripheral neuropathy somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP) were measured after tibial nerve stimulation in 51 healthy subjects aged 39.3 (SE 2.0, (range 21-71) years and 100 insulin dependent diabetic patients aged 37.3 (1.5, 18-73) years. Five criteria were used for staging of peripheral neuropathy: nerve conduction; thermal discrimination threshold; vibration perception threshold; tendon reflexes; and neuropathic symptoms. Thirty seven patients had fewer than two abnormalities among the first four criteria and no symptoms (stage 0 = no neuropathy), 37 had 2 or more abnormalities but no symptoms (stage 1 = subclinical neuropathy); 26 had 2 or more abnormalities in conjunction with symptoms (stage 2 = symptomatic neuropathy). Multiple regression analysis was used to define the age and height dependent limits of normal of SEP at the 97.5th and 2.5th centiles. In five patients with stage 1, seven patients with stage 2, but no patient with stage 0 the individual SEP components were unrecordable. The relative frequencies of abnormally prolonged or non-evokable popliteal N8 latency as well as cortical N33 latency and N33/P40 amplitude increased significantly from stage 0 (3-30%) to stage 1 (22-62%) and stage 2 (46-84%) (p < 0.05 for each component and stage). The numbers and percentages of abnormal recordable spinal N22-30 and supraspinal N30-33 interpeak latencies were two (6.3%) and four (11.8%) in patients with stage 0, but these rates did not increase in subjects with stage 1 or 2. The components of SEP were significantly associated with the indices of peripheral and autonomic function tests. There were no major relations between the latencies of SEP and duration of diabetes or prevailing glycaemic control. These findings suggest that the degree of dysfunction along the somatosensory afferent pathways in insulin dependent diabetic patients depends on the stage of peripheral neuropathy; is not related to the degree of glycaemic control or duration of diabetes; and can be characterized mainly by an alteration of the cortical sensory complex and peripheral transmission delay, while spinal and supraspinal conduction deficits are detected infrequently.
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- D Ziegler
- Diabetes Research Institute, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Ziegler D, Mühlen H, Gries FA. Neurophysiological tests in type 1 (insulin-dependent) and type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetic patients with subclinical and symptomatic neuropathy. Diabetologia 1992; 35:1099-100. [PMID: 1473623 DOI: 10.1007/bf02221689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Ziegler D, Dannehl K, Mühlen H, Spüler M, Gries FA. Prevalence of cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction assessed by spectral analysis, vector analysis, and standard tests of heart rate variation and blood pressure responses at various stages of diabetic neuropathy. Diabet Med 1992; 9:806-14. [PMID: 1473320 DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.1992.tb01898.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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To establish a test battery for the detection and characterization of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CADN) and to evaluate its prevalence, a number of autonomic function tests based on spectral analysis, vector analysis, and standard tests of heart rate variation and blood pressure responses were performed in 261 diabetic patients aged 11-76 years with various stages of peripheral neuropathy. The percentages of abnormal results in the individual tests based on heart rate variation were 6-31% in 115 patients without peripheral neuropathy, 16-45% in 61 patients with subclinical neuropathy, 22-59% in 73 patients with symptomatic peripheral neuropathy, and 67-100% in 12 patients with the latter in conjunction with autonomic symptoms (p < 0.05). The most frequently abnormal indices, each representing a different physiological basis, were the coefficient of variation, low-frequency and mid-frequency power spectrum at rest, mean circular resultant, postural change in systolic blood pressure, and, in particular, the max/min 30:15 ratio and Valsalva ratio. CADN, defined as the presence of > or = 3 abnormalities among these seven parameters was detected in none of 120 control subjects, 13.0% of the patients without peripheral neuropathy, 34.4% of those with subclinical neuropathy, 49.3% of those with symptomatic peripheral neuropathy, and in 100% of the subjects with the latter and concomitant autonomic symptoms (p < 0.05). The overall prevalence of CADN in 103 patients completing all parameters was 46.6%. The corresponding rate of CADN defined as > or = 2 abnormalities among the five tests included in an optimized version of the battery proposed by Ewing and Clarke was 38.8%.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- D Ziegler
- Diabetes Research Institute, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Ziegler D, Hübinger A, Mühlen H, Gries FA. Effects of previous glycaemic control on the onset and magnitude of cognitive dysfunction during hypoglycaemia in type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients. Diabetologia 1992; 35:828-34. [PMID: 1397777 DOI: 10.1007/bf00399928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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To determine whether the degree of previous glycaemic control may modify cognitive responses to hypoglycaemia, the glycaemic thresholds for, and magnitude of cognitive dysfunction as assessed by P300 event-related potentials as well as subjective and hormonal responses during hypoglycaemia were evaluated. Hypoglycaemia was induced by intravenous insulin infusion in 18 Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients, 7 of whom were strictly controlled (HbA1c: 6.3 +/- 0.3%; mean +/- SEM; Group 1) and 11 of whom were poorly controlled (HbA1c: 9.1 +/- 0.4%; Group 2). Within 60 min, mean blood glucose declined from 5.6 and 5.7 mmol/l (baseline) to a nadir of 1.6 and 1.8 mmol/l followed by an increase to 5.6 and 4.3 mmol/l after 120 min in Group 1 and 2, respectively. There was no significant difference between the groups in regard to P300 latency at baseline, but between 50 and 70 min a significant prolongation of this component was noted in Group 2 as compared with Group 1 at blood glucose levels between 1.6 and 2.3 mmol/l (p less than 0.05). The glycaemic thresholds at which a significant increase of P300 latency over baseline was first noted were 1.6 +/- 0.2 mmol/l in Group 1 and 3.5 +/- 0.2 mmol/l in Group 2 (p less than 0.05). The glucose thresholds at which this prolongation was no longer demonstrable were 1.9 +/- 0.1 mmol/l in Group 1 and 3.8 +/- 1.4 mmol/l in Group 2, respectively (p less than 0.05). The glycaemic threshold at which the P300 amplitude was first significantly reduced was 2.2 mmol/l in Group 2, whereas no such reduction was observed in Group 1.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- D Ziegler
- Diabetes Research Institute, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, FRG
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Ziegler D, Dannehl K, Volksw D, Mühlen H, Spüler M, Gries FA. Prevalence of cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction assessed by spectral analysis and standard tests of heart-rate variation in newly diagnosed IDDM patients. Diabetes Care 1992; 15:908-11. [PMID: 1516513 DOI: 10.2337/diacare.15.7.908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of cardiovascular autonomic nerve dysfunction in patients with newly diagnosed insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) compared with healthy nondiabetic subjects. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A battery of cardiovascular reflex tests was performed in 130 newly diagnosed IDDM patients aged 12-40 yr at mean blood glucose levels of 7.2 mM after insulin had been administered for 3-39 days. Age-dependent lower limits of normal of these tests were defined at the 2.3 percentile in 120 nondiabetic subjects. Tests of heart-rate variation (HRV) included the coefficient of variation (C.V.) and the low-frequency (LF), midfrequency (MF), and high-frequency (HF) bands of spectral analysis at rest, HRV during deep breathing (C.V., expiratory-inspiratory ratio, and mean circular resultant), Valsalva ratio, and maximum/minimum 30:15 ratio. In addition, spectral analysis on standing, the change in systolic blood pressure to standing, and diastolic blood pressure response to sustained handgrip were determined in 50 patients. RESULTS A significantly higher percentage of abnormal test responses in the diabetic group compared with the control group was noted for power spectrum in the LF band (7.3 vs. 0.8%, P less than 0.05) and MF band (10.6 vs. 0%, P less than 0.001) at rest and HF band on standing (10.0 vs. 0.9%, P less than 0.05), maximum/minimum 30:15 ratio (25.4 vs. 5.0%, P less than 0.001), and Valsalva ratio (17.5 vs. 4.2%, P less than 0.001). There were no significant differences between both groups in regard to the remaining parameters. Ten (7.7%) diabetic patients but none of the nondiabetic subjects had cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy defined by the strict criterion of abnormal results in more than three of six tests (P less than 0.001). In addition, 12 (9.2%) patients but only 2 (1.7%) control subjects had abnormal results in two of six tests (P less than 0.01). CONCLUSIONS Cardiovascular autonomic nerve dysfunction is relatively common in newly diagnosed IDDM patients after correction of the initial metabolic imbalance. A combination of tests based on spectral and conventional analysis of HRV appears suitable for detection of early abnormalities in autonomic function in diabetes.
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- D Ziegler
- Diabetes Research Institute, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Ziegler D, Laux G, Dannehl K, Spüler M, Mühlen H, Mayer P, Gries FA. Assessment of cardiovascular autonomic function: age-related normal ranges and reproducibility of spectral analysis, vector analysis, and standard tests of heart rate variation and blood pressure responses. Diabet Med 1992; 9:166-75. [PMID: 1563252 DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.1992.tb01754.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 244] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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To establish normal ranges for assessment of autonomic dysfunction, a battery of cardiovascular reflex tests was performed in 120 healthy subjects aged 15-67 years using a computer-based technique. Tests of heart rate variation (HRV) included 8 measures at rest: coefficient of variation (CV), root mean squared successive difference (RMSSD), spectral analysis of HRV in the low frequency, mid frequency, and high frequency bands in the supine and standing postures; 5 measures during deep breathing: CVb, RMSSDb, Expiration-Inspiration (E-I) difference, E/I ratio, and mean circular resultant of vector analysis; Valsalva ratio, and max/min 30:15 ratio. In addition, the change in systolic and diastolic blood pressure in response to standing and the diastolic blood pressure response to sustained handgrip were determined. The results of all measures, the blood pressure tests excepted, declined significantly with increasing age (r = -0.16 to -0.59; p less than 0.05). Moreover, RMSSD, RMSSDb, and E-I difference decreased considerably with increasing heart rate (r = -0.37 to -0.52; p less than 0.001). The longest and shortest R-R intervals in response to standing were distributed within beats 21-39 and 6-24, respectively. All tests were independent of sex. Log transformation was used to define the age-related lower limits of normal at the 2.3 centile for all tests of HRV, except for the E/I, Valsalva, and max/min 30:15 ratios. The results of these tests had to be analysed using a log(y-1) transformation. The intra-individual reproducibility determined on two consecutive days in 20 healthy subjects and 21 diabetic patients indicated that there were no major differences between the two groups regarding the day-to-day variation of test results, which was highest for the Valsalva ratio. We conclude that: (1) all indices of spectral and vector analyses of HRV are age-dependent and have the advantage of being independent of heart rate; (2) RMSSD, E-I difference, and the 30:15 ratio as it was used previously are not suitable for evaluation of autonomic dysfunction in diabetes; (3) log(y-1) transformation is required to determine age-dependent normal ranges and reproducibility for the three ratios.
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- D Ziegler
- Diabetes Research Institute, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Ziegler D, Mayer P, Mühlen H, Gries FA. The natural history of somatosensory and autonomic nerve dysfunction in relation to glycaemic control during the first 5 years after diagnosis of type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus. Diabetologia 1991; 34:822-9. [PMID: 1769441 DOI: 10.1007/bf00408358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The natural evolution of neural dysfunction was studied prospectively over 5 years following diagnosis of Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes in 32 patients aged 12-36 years. Motor and sensory nerve conduction velocities, heart rate variation at rest and during deep breathing, and pupillary function were measured at diagnosis and after 3, 12, 24, 48, and 60 months. Thermal and vibration sensation thresholds were determined after 24, 48, and 60 months of diabetes. Mean HbA1 levels of months 3-60 within the normal range of less than 8.3% (7.3 +/- 0.2%) were observed in 13 patients (Group 1), while a mean HbA1 of months 3-60 greater than or equal to 8.3% (10.0 +/- 0.3%) was found in 19 patients (Group 2). Mean nerve conduction was significantly diminished in Group 2 as compared with Group 1 in at least 4 out of 6 nerves tested during months 12-60 (p less than 0.05). Both tests of heart rate variation were significantly impaired in Group 2 as compared with Group 1 after 24 and 60 months (p less than 0.05), but no differences in pupillary function were observed between the groups. Thermal discrimination but not vibration perception thresholds on the foot were significantly higher in Group 2 than in Group 1 at 40 and 60 months (p less than 0.05). Abnormalities in nerve conduction, thermal discrimination, and heart rate variation, but not vibration perception threshold and the pupillary function tests were significantly more frequent in Group 2 than in Group 1 at 60 months (p less than 0.05).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- D Ziegler
- Diabetes Research Institute, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, FRG
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