title: Differential effects of age and type 2 diabetes on dynamic vs. peak response of pulmonary oxygen uptake during exercise.
abstract: We investigated if the magnitude of the type 2 diabetes (T2D)-induced impairments in peak oxygen uptake (V̇o2) and V̇o2 kinetics was affected by age. Thirty-three men with T2D (15 middle-aged, 18 older), and 21 nondiabetic (ND) men (11 middle-aged, 10 older) matched by age were recruited. Participants completed four 6-min bouts of constant-load cycling at 80% ventilatory threshold for the determination of V̇o2 kinetics. Cardiac output (inert-gas rebreathing) was recorded at rest and 30 and 240 s during two additional bouts. Peak V̇o2 (determined from a separate graded test) was significantly (P < 0.05) reduced in middle-aged and older men with T2D compared with their respective ND counterparts (middle-aged, 3.2 ± 0.5 vs. 2.5 ± 0.5 l/min; older, 2.7 ± 0.4 vs. 2.4 ± 0.4 l/min), and the magnitude of these impairments was not affected by age. However, the time constant of phase II of the V̇o2 response was only slowed (P < 0.05) in middle-aged men with T2D compared with healthy counterparts, whereas it was similar among older men with and without T2D (middle-aged, 26.8 ± 9.3 vs. 41.6 ± 12.1 s; older, 40.5 ± 7.8 vs. 41.1 ± 8.5 s). Similarly, the "gains" in systemic vascular conductance (estimated from the slope between cardiac output and mean arterial pressure responses) were lower (P < 0.05) in middle-aged men with T2D than ND controls, but similar between the older groups. The results suggest that the mechanisms by which T2D induces significant reductions in peak exercise performance are linked to a slower dynamic response of V̇o2 and reduced systemic vascular conductance responses in middle-aged men, whereas this is not the case in older men.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland;
authors.forename: Eamonn
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.affiliation: School of Science and Health and School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Green
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland;
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kiely
authors.affiliation: Endocrinology, St. Columcille's and St. Vincent's Hospitals, Dublin, Ireland; and.
authors.forename: Donal
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: O'Shea
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; megana@tcd.ie.
authors.forename: Mikel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Egaña
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002302:Cardiac Output; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005080:Exercise Test; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange
keywords: age; cardiac output; cycling; diabetes; oxygen uptake