Clinico-demographic profile of type 2 diabetes patients with cardiac autonomic neuropathy
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2017
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Educational Society for Excellence
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Background: Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) are at an increased risk of dying from cardiovascular diseases, the reason for which is not completely understood. Aim: To study the clinico-demographic profile of type 2 diabetes patients with cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN). Materials and methods: This was a cross sectional study involving 100 patients attending the diabetic clinic of a tertiary care hospital. Demographic data was collected and autonomic function testing was done with Ewing and Clark’s tests. Results: The prevalence of CAN was 58 %. CAN had statistically significant association with increasing duration of diabetes (p < 0.00001), increasing values of HbA1c (p < 0.00001), and with combined use of insulin and oral medications (p < 0.05). Conclusion: There is a high prevalence of CAN in the diabetic population providing a large pool of patients awaiting effective interventions.
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Type 2 diabetes, Cardiac autonomic neuropathy, Clinico-demographic profile
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Kothai G, Prasanna Karthik S.. Clinico-demographic profile of type 2 diabetes patients with cardiac autonomic neuropathy. International Archives of Integrated Medicine. 2017 Jun; 4(6): 20-25