Electrochemical Skin Conductance May Be Used to Screen for Diabetic Cardiac Autonomic Neuropathy in a Chinese Population with Diabetes

Table 2

Clinical features of T2DM patients and controls.

	T2DM ()	Controls ()	value (<0.05)
Age (yrs)	55.55 ± 14.36	50.80 ± 12.48	0.068
Male (, %)	53.33%	46.67%	0.572
BMI (kg/m^2)	26.55 ± 6.01	25.21 ± 3.34	0.171
SBP (mmHg)	132.17 ± 18.24	127.27 ± 17.64	0.151
DBP (mmHg)	79.28 ± 13.66	71.98 ± 10.21
Waist circumference (cm)	93.80 ± 13.04	85.08 ± 10.18	<0.00
(%)	8.89 ± 2.28	5.34 ± 0.36	<0.00
FPG (mmol/L)	8.42 ± 2.91	5.50 ± 0.52	<0.00
FC-P (ng/mL)	1.55 ± 0.89	1.23 ± 0.52
FINS (uIU/mL)	14.02 ± 10.37	6.07 ± 2.68	<0.00
HOMA-IR	4.87 ± 3.27	1.49 ± 0.68	<0.00
CARTs total score	3.23 ± 1.67	2.04 ± 1.58	<0.00
Mean hands ESC (μS)	73.75 ± 15.25	78.36 ± 9.74
Mean feet ESC (μS)	68.13 ± 17.96	73.81 ± 9.34

Data were mean ± SD for continuous variables and (%) for categorical variables. BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; FC-P, fasting C-peptide; FINS, fasting insulin; HOMA-IR, Homeostatic Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; CARTs, cardiovascular reflex tests; ESC, electrochemical skin conductance; values were for one-way ANOVA or Chi-square tests across the 2 groups. . .