Why the study?
Do resting heart rate and diabetes mellitus predict cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in the general population?
Population
General Chinese population (including 387 subjects diagnosed with cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy)
Comparison
Resting heart rate and diabetes mellitus vs Subjects without cardiovascular autonomic…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May support resting HR for CAN screening; leaves open prospective validation before practice change.
Do resting heart rate and diabetes mellitus predict cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in the general population?
Resting heart rate and its combination with diabetes mellitus are strong predictors of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in the general population.
Tang et al. (2014) studied this question.
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