title: Increased sympathetic nervous system activity in Chinese hypertensive patients with type II diabetes mellitus.
abstract: To evaluate the coexistence of sympathetic overactivity and hypertension in type 2 diabetic patients, a population-based study was conducted of newly-diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients recruited from a single community located at northern Taiwan. This study included 2877 (male 1382, female 1495) middle-aged ethnic Chinese adults, aged 45-65 years. Of the 1382 males, 67 had newly-diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus, whereas 75 of the 1495 females had type 2 diabetes. The data showed that about 39% of diabetic patients had borderline hypertension (mean blood pressure 141/91 mmHg) whereas the average incidence in non-diabetic subjects was 15.5%. The borderline hypertensive diabetic patients had significantly higher heart rates (mean 78.8 vs. 69.3 beats/min; P < 0.001) than control subjects. However, the cardiac index was similar in both control and diabetic subjects (mean 2.48 vs. 2.53 l/min/m2; P > 0.05). Our data show that sympathetic overactivity and increased incidence of hypertension actually existed in these type 2 diabetic patients of Chinese origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Taipei Municipal Chung Hsiao Hospital, Taiwan.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Pan
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002302:Cardiac Output; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006403:Hematologic Tests; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology