A cardiac risk score based on sudomotor function to evaluate cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in asymptomatic Chinese patients with diabetes mellitus.

ABSTRACT:

Backgrounds

Cardiac autonomic neuropathy is a common but always overlooked. More convenient diagnostic methods are needed.

Hypothesis

Cardiac autonomic neuropathy risk score evaluated by SUDOSCAN has a fine diagnostic efficacy detecting cardiac autonomic neuropathy.

Methods

This is a cross-sectional study among patients with diabetes mellitus. Subjects undertook SUDOSCAN tests and cardiac autonomic reflex tests, including heart rate variability due to Valsalva maneuver, heart rate response due to deep breathing and heart rate response due to standing up. Presenting 2 abnormal results was defined as cardiac autonomic neuropathy.

Results

Subjects with cardiac autonomic neuropathy has significantly higher cardiac autonomic neuropathy risk score (32.88±1.60 vs 27.6

SUBMITTER: Yuan T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6169902 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature