Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Is Independently Associated With Decreased Neural Baroreflex Sensitivity: The Paris Prospective Study III.

Domonkos Cseh; Rachel E Climie; Lucile Offredo; Catherine Guibout; Frédérique Thomas; Luca Zanoli; Nicolas Danchin; James E Sharman; Stéphane Laurent; Xavier Jouven; Pierre Boutouyrie; Jean-Philippe Empana
Abstract
Impaired baroreflex function is an early indicator of cardiovascular autonomic imbalance. Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) have decreased baroreflex sensitivity (BRS), however, whether the neural BRS (nBRS) and mechanical component of the BRS is altered in those with high metabolic risk (HMR, impaired fasting glucose and metabolic syndrome) or with overt T2D, is unknown. We examined this in a community-based observational study, the Paris Prospective Study III (PPS3). Approach and Results: In 7626 adults aged 50 to 75 years, resting nBRS (estimated by low-frequency gain, from carotid distension rate and RR [time elapsed between two successive R waves] intervals) and mechanical BRS were measured by high-precision carotid echotracking. The associations between overt T2D or HMR as compared with subjects with normal glucose metabolism and nBRS or mechanical BRS were quantified using multivariable linear regression analysis. There were 319 subjects with T2D (61±6 years, 77% male), 1450 subjects with HMR (60±6 years, 72% male), and 5857 subjects with normal glucose metabolism (59±6 years, 57% male). Compared with normal glucose metabolism, nBRS was significantly lower in HMR subjects (β=-0.07 [95% CI, -0.12 to -0.01]; =0.029) and in subjects with T2D (β=-0.18 [95% CI, -0.29 to -0.07]; =0.002) after adjustment for confounding and mediating factors. Subgroup analysis suggests significant and independent alteration in mechanical BRS only among HMR patients who had both impaired fasting glucose and metabolic syndrome.PIn this community-based study of individuals aged 50 to 75, a graded decrease in nBRS was observed in HMR subjects and patients with overt T2D as compared with normal glucose metabolism subjects.
Journal ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY
ISSN 1524-4636
Published 01 May 2020
Volume 40
Issue 5
Pages 1420-1428
DOI 10.1161/ATVBAHA.120.314102
Type Journal Article | Observational Study | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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