Why the study?
Does cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy predict severe hypoglycemia in patients with type 2 diabetes?
Population
894 patients with type 2 diabetes, mean age 54.5 years, mean duration of diabetes 8.9 years.
Comparison
Definite cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy vs Normal cardiovascular autonomic function
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
median 9.5 years
Authors
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Definite CAN may flag higher severe hypoglycemia risk in T2D; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Does cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy predict severe hypoglycemia in patients with type 2 diabetes?
Definite cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy is an independent prognostic factor for the development of severe hypoglycemia in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Yun et al. (2013) studied this question.
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