Open AccessImpact of disease control and co-existing risk factors on heart rate variability in Gujarati type 2 diabetics: An observational study
Author(s) -
Jayesh Dalpatbhai Solanki,
Sanket Basida,
Hemant B Mehta,
Sunil J. Panjwani,
Bhakti P Gadhavi,
Pathik M. Patel
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.192323
Subject(s) - medicine , heart rate variability , glycemic , dysautonomia , diabetes mellitus , cardiology , blood pressure , type 2 diabetes , risk factor , observational study , type 2 diabetes mellitus , heart rate , disease , endocrinology
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a proven threat of cardiac dysautonomia with paucity of studies from India. Poor disease control makes it further worse with co-existence of hypertension in majority. Heart rate variability (HRV) is a validated noninvasive tool to assess cardiac autonomic status.