January 1, 1999Journal of Internal Medicine

Decreased heart rate variability in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus is related to arterial wall stiffness

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Is decreased heart rate variability related to arterial wall stiffness in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus?

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Is decreased heart rate variability related to arterial wall stiffness in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus?

Population

59 patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus from the Stockholm Diabetes Intervention Study (SDIS), mean age 41 +/- 8 years.

Outcome

Relationship between heart rate variability (assessed from power spectral analysis of 24-h Holter recordings) and carotid arterial wall stiffness (assessed from ultrasound of the right common carotid artery)surrogate

In patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus, decreased heart rate variability correlates with increased arterial wall stiffness, suggesting the autonomic nervous system may link diabetes and vascular disease.

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Implication

Supports autonomic-vascular link in T1DM; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical adoption.

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Jensen‐Urstad et al. (1999) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a82be285ee17445751c205e https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2796.1999.00402.x

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Decreased heart rate variability in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus is related to arterial wall stiffness

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Decreased heart rate variability in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus is related to arterial wall stiffness

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Discussion

Implication

Cite This Study

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