Key result
Afro-Caribbean subjects with diabetes demonstrated a decrease in peripheral arterial compliance compared to white Caucasian subjects.
Why the study?
Does peripheral arterial compliance differ between Afro-Caribbean and white Caucasian subjects with diabetes?
Observational
Does peripheral arterial compliance differ between Afro-Caribbean and white Caucasian subjects with diabetes?
Peripheral arterial compliance is reduced in Afro-Caribbean patients with diabetes compared to white Caucasian patients, suggesting racial differences in vascular stiffness.
Patients with type 2 diabetes have two to three times the risk of dying prematurely from cardiovascular disease than their nondiabetic counterparts (1). Many studies have shown that arterial compliance is reduced in type 2 diabetes and that arterial stiffness increases with deteriorating glucose tolerance status, even before the onset of type 2 diabetes (2–4). In a previous brief report, we studied Afro-Caribbean and white Caucasian subjects with diabetes and found a decrease in peripheral arterial compliance in the Afro-Caribbean subjects (5). We also reported an accelerated rate of aging in the elastic arteries of diabetic patients reaching a plateau by the age of …
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Pinto et al. (2005) conducted an observational in Type 2 diabetes. Afro-Caribbean race vs. White Caucasian race was evaluated on Peripheral arterial compliance. Afro-Caribbean subjects with diabetes demonstrated a decrease in peripheral arterial compliance compared to white Caucasian subjects.
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