Journal article
Abnormal ventilatory responses to hypoxia in Type 2 diabetes
Diabetic medicine, Vol.22(5), pp.563-568
Accepted 1 June 2004
2005
PMID: 15842510
Abstract
Aims
The incidence of Type 2 diabetes is increasing, along with its associated micro- and macrovascular disease manifestations. Previous studies indicate that patients with Type 2 diabetes exhibit abnormal cardiopulmonary reflex responses to various stimuli, although the impact of hypoxia, a common physiological stimulus, on ventilatory responses has not previously been studied in humans with Type 2 diabetes.
Methods
Minute ventilation (V̇E) breathing pattern responses (total breath time, TTOT; expiratory time, TE; inspiratory time, TI; inspiratory duty cycle, TI/TTOT) were measured during 5 min each of normoxia and isocapnic hypoxia (arterial O2 saturation ∼85%) in eight subjects with Type 2 diabetes and seven age- and body mass index-matched healthy subjects.
Results
During normoxia, V̇E was similar in control and diabetic subjects (6.4 ± 1.2, 6.4 ± 1.1 l/min, respectively). In response to hypoxia, V̇E significantly increased in both groups (to 17.0 ± 5.0 and 9.5 ± 2.0 l/min, respectively, P < 0.05), but the magnitude of increase in V̇E was significantly less in diabetic than in control subjects (P < 0.05). In addition, the breathing pattern response to hypoxia differed between groups in terms of TI/TTOT and TTOT (P < 0.05), with control subjects significantly decreasing TTOT and TE (P < 0.05) while diabetic subjects tended to increase both.
Conclusions
Relative to matched control subjects, Type 2 diabetic subjects exhibit blunted V̇E responses to acute isocapnic hypoxia, suggesting that this group of diabetic subjects possesses a chemoreflex ill-equipped to respond homeostatically to hypoxic challenge.
Details
- Title
- Abnormal ventilatory responses to hypoxia in Type 2 diabetes
- Authors/Creators
- C. J. Weisbrod - The University of Western AustraliaP. R. Eastwood - The University of Western AustraliaG. O'Driscoll - The University of Western AustraliaD. J. Green - Royal Perth Hospital
- Publication Details
- Diabetic medicine, Vol.22(5), pp.563-568
- Publisher
- Blackwell Science Ltd
- Edition
- Accepted 1 June 2004
- Number of pages
- 6
- Identifiers
- 991005592768007891
- Copyright
- © 2005 Diabetes UK
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Vice Chancellery
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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