Efficacy of Administration of an Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor for Two Years on Autonomic and Peripheral Neuropathy in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus

Table 2

Changes in cardiovascular autonomic reflex tests during the study in patients who received quinapril (group A) and in those who did not (group B).

	⁢Group A ()			⁢Group B ()			p  (group A versus group B at end of treatment)
	Baseline	End of treatment	p; (versus baseline)	Baseline	End of treatment	p; (versus baseline)
E/I index			0.011			0.007	<0.001
MCR			0.006			0.01	<0.001
SD			0.004			<0.05	<0.001
Valsalva index			NS			NS	NS
30 : 15 index			NS			<0.05	<0.001
OH			NS			0.018	<0.001

E/I: expiration/inspiration; MCR: mean circular resultant; SD: standard deviation; OH: orthostatic hypotension.