Electrochemical Skin Conductance May Be Used to Screen for Diabetic Cardiac Autonomic Neuropathy in a Chinese Population with Diabetes
Table 3
Comparison of different indicators in different severity DCAN.
T2DM
value
value
No-DCAN group ()
Early-DCAN group ()
Definite-DCAN group ()
Age (yrs)
48.00 ± 14.89
56.56 ± 10.82
57.17 ± 17.07
1.834
0.167
Duration of DM (yrs)
7.32 ± 9.35
9.81 ± 7.56
9.03 ± 8.57
0.383
0.683
BMI (kg/m2)
26.30 ± 4.32
25.61 ± 4.27
27.70 ± 7.91
0.974
0.382
SBP (mmHg)
131.09 ± 15.12
133.35 ± 21.52
131.23 ± 15.51
0.127
0.881
DBP (mmHg)
75.00 ± 8.33
81.12 ± 15.46
78.77 ± 13.01
0.865
0.425
Waist circumference (cm)
92.36 ± 10.61
92.79 ± 12.37
95.47 ± 14.69
0.406
0.668
Resting Heart rate (bmp)
71.00 ± 7.48
72.62 ± 8.36
78.53 ± 10.40
0.707
0.497
(%)
9.05 ± 2.07
8.50 ± 2.21
9.28 ± 2.43
0.944
0.300
FPG (mmol/L)
7.58 ± 3.15
8.11 ± 2.98
8.34 ± 2.75
1.074
0.347
FC-P (ng/mL)
1.87 ± 0.61
1.38 ± 0.90
1.63 ± 0.94
1.510
0.228
FINS (uIU/mL)
12.43 ± 6.63
13.46 ± 4.57
15.25 ± 15.25
0.382
0.684
Mean hands ESC (μS)
79.73 ± 13.1
77.81 ± 14.1
67.33 ± 15.37
4.916
Mean feet ESC (μS)
72.32 ± 17.6
75.91 ± 8.7
57.77 ± 20.99
10.707
<0.00
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; HC, health controls; DCAN, diabetic cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy; no-DCAN, no diabetic cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy; ESC, electrochemical skin conductance; values and values were for one-way ANOVA across the 3 groups. ; ; ; , compared with the diagnosed DCAN group. . .
