Utility of using electrocardiogram measures of heart rate variability as a measure of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in type 1 diabetes patients

Funding Number

U01 DK094157

Funding Sponsor

National Eye Institute

Author's Department

Institute of Global Health & Human Ecology

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https://doi.org/10.1111/jdi.13635

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Rodica Pop-Busui, Jye-Yu C Backlund, Ionut Bebu, Barbara H Braffett, Gayle Lorenzi, Neil H White, John M Lachin, Elsayed Z Soliman

Document Type

Research Article

Publication Title

Journal of Diabetes Investigation

Publication Date

1-1-2021

doi

10.1111/jdi.13635

Abstract

Aims/Introduction: Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) is a predictor of cardiovascular disease and mortality. Cardiovascular reflex tests (CARTs) are the gold standard for the diagnosis of CAN, but might not be feasible in large research cohorts or in clinical care. We investigated whether measures of heart rate variability obtained from standard electrocardiogram (ECG) recordings provide a reliable measure of CAN. Materials and Methods: Standardized CARTs (R-R response to paced breathing, Valsalva, postural changes) and digitized 12-lead resting ECGs were obtained concomitantly in Diabetes Control and Complications Trial/Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications participants (n = 311). Standard deviation of normally conducted R-R intervals (SDNN) and the root mean square of successive differences between normal-to-normal R-R intervals (rMSSD) were measured from ECG. Sensitivity, specificity, probability of correct classification and Kappa statistics evaluated the agreement between ECG-derived CAN and CARTs-defined CAN. Results: Participants with CARTs-defined CAN had significantly lower SDNN and rMSSD compared with those without CAN (P < 0.001). The optimal cut-off points of ECG-derived CAN were <17.13 and <24.94 ms for SDNN and rMSSD, respectively. SDNN plays a dominant role in defining CAN, with an area under the curve of 0.73, indicating fair test performance. The Kappa statistic for SDNN was 0.41 (95% confidence interval 0.30–0.51) for the optimal cut-off point, showing fair agreement with CARTs-defined CAN. Combining SDNN and rMSSD optimal cut-off points does not provide additional predictive power for CAN. Conclusions: These analyses are the first to show the agreement between indices of heart rate variability derived from ECGs and the gold standard CARTs, thus supporting potential use as a measure of CAN in clinical research and clinical care.

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