on May 12, 2003
Published online before print May 12, 2003, doi: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000073062.29546.01
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Submitted on January 21, 2003
From the Diabetes Center (S.F., D.B., A.B., M.P., E.C., G.C., S.G.), Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine (G.M.), University "Tor Vergata," Rome; and the Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Epidemiology (F.P.), Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Chieti, Italy. * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: frontoni{at}uniroma2.it.
Abstract--In type 2 diabetes, both insulin resistance and hyperglycemia are considered responsible for autonomic dysfunction, but the specific role of these two abnormalities is not clear. To test the specific role of insulin resistance on autonomic dysfunction, we studied 69 glucose-tolerant offspring of type 2 diabetic patients, comparing the most insulin-resistant tertile (IR) with the most insulin-sensitive tertile (IS) and comparable control subjects, all undergoing the oral glucose tolerance test, impedentiometry, 24-hour blood pressure and ECG monitoring, and an intravenous glucose tolerance test (IVGTT) followed by a euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp, with continuous blood pressure and ECG measurements. Sympathovagal balance was evaluated as low- to high-frequency ratio (LF:HF) by spectral analysis on R-R intervals. The change of systolic and diastolic blood pressure was calculated as [(day-night/d)]x100. In IR, the changes of systolic and diastolic blood pressure were significantly lower versus IS (9.2±5.0% versus 12.4±3.6%, P<0.02; 13.2±6.5% versus 17.4±5.2%, P<0.02). During the night, LF:HF fall was reduced in IR (43.1±21.0 versus 61.4±16.9, P<0.02). Hyperinsulinemia (IVGTT) rapidly and significantly increased LF:HF in IR (4.9±3.3 versus basal: 2.3±1.4, P=0.03) but not in IS. In offspring of type 2 diabetic patients with normal glucose tolerance and normal blood pressure values, insulin resistance is associated with abnormal control of blood pressure and sympathetic activation. Insulin resistance may therefore be responsible for some early derangements of the autonomic nervous tone control and thus contributes to increase the incidence of arterial hypertension and/or diabetes.
Revised on February 4, 2003
Early Autonomic Dysfunction in Glucose-Tolerant but Insulin-Resistant Offspring of Type 2 Diabetic Patients
Simona Frontoni*;
Key words: glucose • autonomic nervous system • insulin resistance • blood pressure monitoring • sympathetic nervous system
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