Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To assess the sensitivity of exercise induced heart rate (HR) and baroreceptor reflex (BR) chronotrope reaction and HR variability for an early detection of autonomic nervous system impairment in non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) patients with arterial hypertension.Design and Methods: On 25 NIDDM pts (group A, 63±1.8 yrs. aged men, HbA1C 10.2±0.9%), 17 essential hypertension (EH) pts without glucose metabolis...