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Relationship between cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy and coronary artery calcification in patients with type 2 diabetes.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20185862     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
To test the hypothesis that cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) in Type 2 diabetes is a risk factor of coronary artery calcification (CAC), in this cross-sectional study, 118 patients (60 males, 58 females) with type 2 diabetes mellitus were randomly selected from the diabetes clinic of Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea, between January, 2008 and September, 2008. The subjects, whose mean age was 56.9+/-1.1 years, were tested for CAN by Ewing's method which employs five non-invasive tests of autonomic function. The coronary calcium score (CCS) was determined by Multi Detector-row Computed Tomography (MDCT). Statistical analysis was performed by using SPSS 13.0 (SPSS, Inc., Chicago,-Illinois). CAN was found in 31/118 (26.3%) patients. Compared to the patients without CAN, the patients with CAN were significantly older and had significantly higher triglyceride levels, blood pressure, pulse pressure, fasting c-peptide levels, CAN scores, and log-transformed coronary calcium scores [ln(CCS+1)]. The CAN scores correlated positively with ln(CCS+1) values (r = 0.214; P = 0.028). Multiple regression analysis using ln(CCS+1) as a dependent variable showed that CAN score (beta coefficient 0.623, 95% CI 0.059 approximately 1.188, P = 0.031) associated independently with ln(CCS+1). In conclusion, CAN was associated independently with CAC, which suggests that CAN is a risk factor of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with type 2 diabetes. This may help to explain the excess cardiovascular mortality seen in diabetic patients with CAN.
Authors:
Seong-Su Moon; Yeon-Kyung Choi; Hyun-Ae Seo; Jae-Han Jeon; Jung-Eun Lee; Ji-Yun Jeong; Ju-Young Lee; Duk-Hee Lee; Wan-Ju Park; Jung-Guk Kim; Bo-Wan Kim; In-Kyu Lee
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-02-26
Journal Detail:
Title:  Endocrine journal     Volume:  57     ISSN:  1348-4540     ISO Abbreviation:  Endocr. J.     Publication Date:  2010  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-06-01     Completed Date:  2010-09-07     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9313485     Medline TA:  Endocr J     Country:  Japan    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  445-54     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Jungu, Daegu, Korea. drmoonss@hanmail.net
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Calcinosis / epidemiology,  etiology*,  radiography
Cardiomyopathies / epidemiology,  etiology*,  radiography
Coronary Vessels / pathology*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications*,  epidemiology,  radiography
Diabetic Neuropathies / complications*,  epidemiology,  radiography
Female
Heart / innervation*,  radiography
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Regression Analysis
Risk Factors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods

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