Review Article

Cardiovascular Control during Exercise in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 1

Data from multiple studies pertaining to the effects of type 2 diabetes mellitus on peak heart rate (HR), peak oxygen uptake (), and the time constant of oxygen uptake (). Mean values are presented and the “Mean” corresponds to the average of the mean values from each study. “%diff” is the percentage difference between control and diabetic subjects. C = control subjects. DM = type 2 diabetes mellitus. “Mode” of exercise testing is cycling (C) or treadmill (T).

ReferenceSample sizeAge (Y)BMIPeak HR (bpm)Peak (L/min) (s)Mode
CDMCDM%diffCDM%diffCDM%diffCDM%diffCDM%diff

Adult female, untrained, <60 y
[17]211530–5530–5529.130.91631630.01.771.37−22.631.537.117.8C
[12]101039.342.58.128.331.912.71661691.81.641.52−7.3C
[18]1010374213.530.833.17.5168167−0.61.731.36−21.427.836.832.4C
[19]9942.549.115.52934.418.6165145−12.11.771.4−20.924.839.157.7C
[20]161653.454.82.62930.24.11541540.01.61.5−6.333.643.328.9C
Mean12.711.337.540.77.629.633.113.2167.0161.73.11.761.5612.229.439.134.2

Adult male, untrained, <60 y
[17]131430–5530–5528.530.67.41611631.22.462.26−8.134.845.129.6C
[20]161657.857.4−0.728.2292.8161157−2.52.82.5−10.735.343.824.1C
[11]111548528.328.829.31.7169160−5.33.22.5−21.926.841.655.2C
[21]11849538.227.528.74.4175169−3.42.832.31−18.4C
Mean12.813.351.654.15.328.329.44.1166.5162.32.52.82.414.832.343.536.3

Mixed (4 F/6 M), untrained, <60 y
[22]10105150−2.0273011.1161153−5.02.31.9−17.4T

Adult male, untrained, >60 y
[23]121262654.828.429.22.82.721.98−27.241434.9C
[11]101864640.028.230.37.4156154−1.32.72.4−11.140.541.11.5C

Adult female, untrained (UT) and trained (T), <60 y
[24]9 (UT)8 (UT)374316.230.330.92.0167166−0.61.741.42−18.427.747.772.2C
9 (T)8 (T)374316.231.830.5−4.11641640.01.861.75−5.918.937.497.9C

Adolescents
[25]10815.214.9−2.031.138.323.2186172−7.52.072.185.3C
[14]271315.115.42.035.536.52.8175.7174.2−0.92.22.12−3.6C