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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Echocardiography ; left ventricular function ; Type 1 diabetes ; metabolic control ; diabetic cardiopathy
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Cardiac function was investigated by echocardiography in 24 short-term Type 1 diabetic patients with a mean diabetes duration of 7 years (range 4–14 years) during conditions of ordinary metabolic control. Compared to 24 age and sex matched normal control subjects, measurements of myocardial contractility as left ventricular fractional shortening and mean circumferential shortening velocity were increased by 12% and 20% respectively. Another 8 Type 1 diabetic patients were examined during conditions of poor (hyperglycaemia and ketosis) and good metabolic control. Following improved glycaemic control, left ventricular fractional shortening and mean circumferential shortening velocity decreased by 16% and 24% respectively. Our findings show that short-term Type 1 diabetes is associated with increased myocardial contractility. Furthermore, this condition is related to the state of metabolic control.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Albumin ; β 2-microglobulin ; glomerularfiltration rate ; glucagon ; insulin-dependent diabetes kidney function ; renal plasma flow
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Kidney function was studied in nine, metabolically well controlled, short-term insulin-dependent male diabetics before and during glucagon infusion of 4 to 5 and 8 to 10 ng/kg/min. Glomerular filtration rate, effective renal plasma flow (steadystate infusion technique, with urinary collections, using 125I-iothalamate and 131I-iodohippurate), and urinary albumin and β 2-microglobulin excretion rates were measured. The mean plasma glucagon concentration increased during infusion from 254±19 pg/ ml to 440±31 pg/ml (low dose) and 730±52 pg/ml (high dose). Glomerular filtration rate increased in all subjects from 133±5 before the glucagon infusion to 141±4 with the low dose, and 148±7 ml/min/1.73 m2 with the high dose (p〈0.01). The increase in glomerular filtration rate correlated with the rise in plasma glucagon concentration (r=0.67; p〈0.01). Renal plasma flow increased from 530 ±21 before the glucagon infusion to 555±20 with the low dose and 572±29 ml/min/1.73 m2 with the high dose (p〈0.01). Urinary β 2-microglobulin excretion rate rose from 5.8±1.0 before infusion to 8.7±1.7 with the low dose, and 17.9±5.7 μg X 10-2/min with the high dose (p〈0.01). Urinary albumin excretion remained unchanged during the glucagon infusion. These results suggest that glucagon may contribute to the reversible elevation of glomerular filtration rate typically found in poorly regulated insulin-dependent diabetics, but not to the moderate elevation found in well controlled diabetics.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Diabetic nephropathies ; Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus ; epidemiology ; family practice ; smoking
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary We report on a study in which 487 Danish general practitioners participated with the purpose of including all newly-diagnosed diabetic patients aged 40 years or more from a well-defined catchment population during a welldefined time period. A, total of 1267 diabetic patients with a median age of 65.3 years were included. Renal involvement was assessed from the albumin/creatinine ratio in a morning urine sample. Albumin/creatinie ratio was 〈2/2〈20/≥20 mg/mmol in 59.8/33.6/6.6% of male and 66.6/28.8/4.6% of female patients. The level of albumin/creatinine ratio increased with age and the observed overall male predominance was almost confined to diabetic patients with an albumin/creatinine ratio of 5 mg/mmol or greater. By taking into account the confounding effect of age and sex, a positive association between smoking and albumin/creatinine ratio was disclosed. Moreover, high systolic blood pressure, hypertriglyceridaemia, hypercholesterolaemia (males only) and high HbA1c, but not body mass index or diastolic blood pressure were identified as correlates of elevated albumin/creatinine ratio. Glucosuria was positively correlated with albumin/creatinine ratio even when the influence of HbA1c, sex and age was taken into account. A positive correlation between serum creatinine and albumin/creatinine ratio was seen in males, but not in females. In addition, renal involvement was associated with the presence of peripheral angiopathy and diabetic retinopathy and with high resting heart rate. The cross-sectional data presented highlight the importance of reducing the overall burden of modifiable risk factors in newly-diagnosed Type 2 diabetic patients.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus ; mortality ; urinary albumin excretion ; risk factors ; ischaemic heart disease ; hypertension
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary In 1981–1982 urinary albumin excretion rates were determined in 211 diabetic and 216 non-diabetic subjects aged 60–74 years. By April 1992 122 diabetic and 58 non-diabetic probands had died. Dividing the two study populations at an albumin excretion rate of 15 μg/min showed that 69.3% of diabetic subjects with values at or above the limit, and 49.9% of those with values below (log rank testp=0.0082) had died. The corresponding values for non-diabetic subjects were 44.4% and 21.0%, respectively (log rank testp=0.0002). In single factor log rank tests ischaemic heart disease and a low value of HDL were also predictive of death in the diabetic population during a 10–11-year observation period. In the non-diabetic population ischaemic heart disease, hypertension, and a serum creatinine level above the median value were predictive. In further log rank analyses probands dying during the first years, (e.g. the first 2 years) were removed from the calculations. The prognostic value of the above-mentioned factors diminished with time. In a Cox Regression analysis we found that the predictive value of urinary albumin excretion rate to mortality had disappeared when subjects who had died during the first 5 years were removed from the analysis, whereas HDL in the diabetic patients and blood pressure and serum creatinine in non-diabetic subjects were still of significant predictive value. We therefore conclude that urinary albumin excretion rate is a more short-term predictor of mortality than previously thought, in contrast to HDL, hypertension and serum creatinine.
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus ; microalbuminuria ; glomerular filtration rate ; plasma lipoproteins ; insulin sensitivity
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The effect of simvastatin (10–20 mg/day) on kidney function, urinary albumin excretion rate and insulin sensitivity was evaluated in 18 Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetic patients with microalbuminuria and moderate hypercholesterolaemia (total cholesterol ≥5.5 mmol·l−1). In a double-blind, randomized and placebo-controlled design treatment with simvastatin (n=8) for 36 weeks significantly reduced total cholesterol (6.7±0.3 vs 5.1 mmol·l−1 (p〈0.01)), LDL-cholesterol (4.4±0.3 vs 2.9±0.2 mmol·l−1 (p〈0.001)) and apolipoprotein B (1.05±0.04 vs 0.77±0.02 mmol·l−1 (p〈0.01)) levels as compared to placebo (n=10). Both glomerular filtration rate (mean±SEM) (simvastatin: 96.6±8.0 vs 96.0±5.7 ml·min−1·1.73 m−2, placebo: 97.1±6.7 vs 88.8±6.0 ml·min−1·1.73 m−2) (NS) and urinary albumin excretion rate (geometric mean x/÷ antilog SEM) (simvastatin: 18.4x/÷1.3vs 16.2 x/÷1.2 μg·min−1, placebo 33.1 x/÷ 1.3 vs 42.7 x/÷ 1.3 μg·min−1)(NS) were unchanged during the study. A euglycaemic hyperinsulinaemic clamp was performed at baseline and after 18 weeks in seven simvastatin-and nine placebo-treated patients. Isotopically determined basal and insulin-stimulated glucose disposal was similarly reduced before and during therapy in both the simvastatin (2.0±0.1 vs 1.9±0.1 (NS) and 3.1±0.6 vs 3.1±0.7 mg·kg−1·min−1 (NS)) and the placebo group (1.9±0.1 vs 1.8±0.1 (NS) and 4.1±0.6 vs 3.8±0.2 mg·kg−1·min−1 (NS)). No different was observed in glucose storage or glucose and lipid oxidation before and after treatment. Further, the suppression of hepatic glucose production during hyperinsulinaemia was not influenced by simvastatin (−0.7±0.8 vs −0.7±0.5 mg·kg−1·min−1 (NS)). In conclusion, despite marked improvement in the dyslipidaemia simvastatin had no impact on kidney function or urinary albumin excretion rate and did not reduce insulin resistance in these microalbuminuric and moderately hypercholesterolaemic Type 2 diabetic patients.
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  • 6
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    Diabetologia 38 (1995), S. 1191-1196 
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Magnetic stimulation ; diabetic neuropathy ; motor pathway ; paired magnetic stimulation ; diabetic encephalopathy
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Central motor pathways were studied in 17 normoalbuminuric insulin-dependent diabetic (IDDM) patients who had been diabetic for more than 20 years, and compared with findings in 17 age-, sex-, and height-matched control subjects. The central motor conduction time was calculated from recordings of the compound muscle action potentials of the abductor pollicis brevis muscle after single transcranial and spinal root magnetic stimulation. The central motor conduction time from motor cortex to cervical spinal roots was 9.8±1.65 ms in diabetic patients and 10.1±1.48 ms in control subjects. In diabetic patients with neuropathy the central motor conduction time was 9.5±1.76 ms vs 10.1±1.56 ms in patients without neuropathy. The excitability of the motor pathways was studied by paired transcranial magnetic stimulation at interstimulation intervals of 30–1000 ms. In normal control subjects, an early facilitation of the amplitude of the compound muscle action potential at an interstimulation interval of 30 ms was found, while no facilitation was present in diabetic patients. In addition the compound muscle action potential latencies were prolonged at interstimulation intervals of 30–50 ms in diabetic patients. The changes of excitability did not correlate with the presence of peripheral neuropathy, metabolic control or diabetes duration. It is concluded that long-term normoalbuminuric IDDM patients have impaired excitability but normal central conduction time of the motor pathways.
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  • 7
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    Diabetologia 39 (1996), S. 1598-1602 
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Keywords Birth weight ; cardiovascular disease ; hypertension ; non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus ; obesity.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Low birth weight has been proposed as a risk factor for development of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease in the adult. To ascertain the extent to which birth weight was associated with cardiovascular risk factors, we examined 620 subjects (median age 48 years) in a cross-sectional study. Of these 317 were offspring of diabetic patients and 303 were offspring of non-diabetic control subjects. Known risk factors for development of cardiovascular disease were correlated to birth weight and examined as dependent variables by multiple linear regression. Age, body mass index (BMI), subjects gender along with parental gender, diabetes status of the parents, and birth weight were independent variables. The variance of the risk factors as dependent variables explained by age, gender, and BMI as independent variables was examined and birth weight was added as an independent variable. We found birth weight was inconsistently correlated to the different risk factors in the different groups of subjects. When adjusted for age, BMI, subject's gender, parental gender, and the diabetes status of the parents, birth weight was negatively correlated to fasting blood glucose. In offspring of diabetic patients the explained variance of risk factors did not change as we added birth weight to the model. In offspring of non-diabetic subjects we found that the explained variance of diastolic blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, HbAIC, and cholesterol increased 1–3 % as birth weight was added to the model. We conclude that birth weight may not be a major risk factor for development of hypertension and cardiovascular disease in our population. [Diabetologia (1996) 39: 1598–1602]
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  • 8
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Keywords Ambulatory blood pressure ; autonomic control ; heart rate variability ; spectral analysis ; IDDM ; microalbuminuria ; diabetic nephropathy
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Significant changes in both blood pressure, autonomic function and kidney ultrastructure are observed in insulin-dependent diabetic (IDDM) patients with microalbuminuria. Intervention strategies are evaluated at even earlier stages of disease. Identification of patients at risk of developing microalbuminuria must be based on a thorough knowledge of the relations between key pathophysiological parameters in patients with normoalbuminuria. The aim of the present study was to characterize the interactions of urinary albumin excretion (UAE), 24-h ambulatory blood pressure (AMBP), and sympathovagal balance in a large group of normoalbuminuric IDDM patients. In 117 normoalbuminuric (UAE 〈 20 μg/min) patients we performed 24-h AMBP (Spacelabs 90 207), with assessment of diurnal blood pressure and heart rate (HR) variation, and short-term (three times 5 min) power spectral analysis of RR interval oscillations, as well as cardiovascular reflex tests (HR variation to deep breathing, postural HR and blood pressure response). Patients with UAE above the median (4.2 μg/min) had significantly higher 24-h systolic and diastolic AMBP (125 ± 10.1/76 ± 7.2 mmHg) compared to the low normoalbuminuric group (120 ± 8.4/74 ± 5.1 mmHg), p 〈 0.01 and 0.02, respectively. Patients with UAE above the median had significantly reduced short-term RR interval variability including both the high frequency component (5.47 ± 1.36 vs 6.10 ± 1.43 ln ms2), and low frequency component (5.48 ± 1.18 ln ms2 compared to 5.80 ± 1.41 ln ms2), p 〈 0.02 and p = 0.04 (ANOVA). In addition, patients with high-normal UAE had reduced mean RR level (faster heart rates) 916 ± 108 compared to 963 ± 140 ms, p 〈 0.04. These differences were not explained by age, duration of diabetes, gender, level of physical activity, or cigarette smoking. HbA1 c was significantly higher (8.6 ± 1.2 vs 8.2 ± 1.0 %, p = 0.03) in the group with high normal UAE. Comparing normoalbuminuric IDDM patients with UAE above and below the median value, we found significantly higher AMBP in combination with significant differences in sympathovagal balance and significantly poorer glycaemic control in the group with high-normal albumin excretion. Our data demonstrate interactions between albumin excretion, blood pressure, autonomic function, and glycaemic status, already present in the normoalbuminuric range and may describe a syndrome indicative of later complications. [Diabetologia (1997) 40: 718–725]
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  • 9
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Arterial blood pressure ; blood glucose ; cardiovascular ; heart rate ; insulin ; long-term diabetes ; nephropathy ; neuropathy ; noradrenaline ; proteinuria ; urinary albumin excretion
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The effect of intravenous injection of insulin on heart rate, plasma noradrenaline and urinary excretion rates of albumin and beta-2-microglobulin was examined in 10 long-term diabetics, 5 of whom had albuminuria. — In patients without albuminuria intravenous injection of insulin resulted in changes similar to but less pronounced than those previously observed in short-term diabetics: albumin excretion, plasma noradrenaline and heart rate increased, creatinine excretion decreased significantly. —Intravenous injection of insulin increased heart rate but not plasma noradrenaline in long-term diabetics with albuminuria. Arterial blood pressure did not change after insulin. Contrary to expectation insulin decreased urinary albumin excretion (from 418 to 312 μg/min, 27 per cent) in these patients. There was a marked decrease in urinary excretion rates of beta-2-microglobulin and creatinine (55 and 17 per cent, respectively) after insulin. — The decrease in albumin excretion after insulin in diabetics with albuminuria is most likely due to renal vasoconstriction. The absence of a rise in albumin excretion after insulin may be due to severe morphological changes in glomeruli in these patients.
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  • 10
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus ; diabetic nephropathy ; ambulatory blood pressure ; circadian ; variation
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The association between diurnal blood pressure variation and diabetic nephropathy was assessed in four groups of Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients who underwent 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring using an oscillometrie technique. Patients with nephropathy, who had never been treated for hypertension (group D3,n = 13), were individually matched for age, sex and diabetes duration to a group of microalbuminuric patients (D2,n = 26), to normoalbuminuric patients (D1,n = 26) and to healthy control subjects (C,n = 26). Group D3 was also compared to patients with advanced nephropathy receiving treatment for hypertension, mainly a combination of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, metoprolol and diuretics (D4,n = 11). In group D3 24-h diastolic blood pressure (85 ± 8 mm Hg) was comparable to the results obtained in D4 (85 ± 8 mm Hg) but significantly higher than in D2 (78 ± 7 mm Hg), D1 (73 ± 7 mm Hg) and C (73 ± 7 mm Hg,p 〈 0.05, Tukey's test). The night/day ratio of diastolic blood pressure was higher in D3 (86 ± 5 %) and D2 (85 ± 7%) than in C (80 ± 7 %,p 〈 0.02). This ratio was also elevated in group D4 (94 ± 8%) compared to D3 (p 〈 0.05) corresponding to a marked smoothing of the diurnal blood pressure curve. The 24-h heart rate (beats per min) was significantly elevated in D3 (84 ± 8) and D2 (80 ± 10) compared with C (73 ± 11,p 〈 0.05 Tukey's test), suggesting the presence of parasympathetic neuropathy In conclusion the normal circadian variation of blood pressure was moderately disturbed in a group of microalbuminuric patients and patients with less advanced overt nephropathy. Patients with advanced diabetic nephropathy receiving antihypertensive therapy showed a marked reduction of nocturnal blood pressure fall, which can only be identified by the application of ambulatory blood pressure measurements to verify the 24-h effectiveness of blood pressure control.
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