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Preserved heart rate variability in first-degree relatives of subjects with Type 2 diabetes mellitus without metabolic disorders.
Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association - 1 Mar 2008
Neves F J, Bousquet-Santos K, Silva B M, Soares P P S, Nóbrega A C L
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: To investigate the influence of a family history of Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) on resting heart rate variability in the absence of concomitant metabolic disorders. METHODS: We studied 55 first-degree relatives (FDRs) of subjects with T2DM and 36 control subjects without any known family history of diabetes. FDRs were recruited from a University Hospital out-patient diabetes clinic. The protocol...
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