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University of Auckland, New Zealand

Type 2 diabetes effects diastolic function independent of age and body composition

Published in Telemedicine Business Week, October 18th, 2006

Type 2 diabetes has an effect on diastolic function that is independent of age and body composition.

According to recent research from New Zealand, "This study aimed to determine whether sedentary overweight subjects with type 2 diabetes have impaired diastolic function compared with equally sedentary and overweight nondiabetic subjects."

"Mitral valve pulsed Doppler echocardiography and tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) were used to assess left ventricular structure and diastolic function in 40- to 60-yr-old sedentary overweight subjects with type 2 diabetes (N=13) and age- and body mass-matched sedentary nondiabetic subjects (N=15). Pseudonormal filling...

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