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Is lower heart rate variability associated with higher systemic inflammation in patients with type 1 diabetes?
Is lower heart rate variability associated with higher systemic inflammation in patients with type 1 diabetes?
In patients with type 1 diabetes, reduced heart rate variability is independently associated with higher IL-6 levels, suggesting a link between early cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy and low-grade systemic inflammation.
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Suggests interplay between autonomic neuropathy and inflammation in type 1 diabetes; hypothesis-generating and should not change practice without prospective validation.
González-Clemente et al. (2007) studied this question.
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