Table 2.
Prevalence of CAN in all patients
| Men | women | total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Borderline | Abnormal | Normal | Borderline | Abnormal | Normal | Borderline | Abnormal | |
| HR response to | 51 | 19 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 21 | 67 | 30 | 45 |
| deep breathing | (54.3) | (20.2) | (25.5) | (33.3) | (22.9) | (43.8) | (47.2) | (21.1) | (31.7) |
| lying-to-standing | 65 | 13 | 16 | 31 | 9 | 8 | 96 | 22 | 24 |
| HR response | (69.1) | (13.8) | (17) | (64.6) | (18.8) | (16.7) | (67.6) | (15.5) | (16.9) |
| valsalva | 59 | 16 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 88 | 27 | 27 |
| maneurver | (62.8) | (17) | (20.2) | (60.4) | (22.9) | (16.7) | (62) | (19) | (19) |
| Postural BP | 76 | 18 | 32 | 15 | 1 | 108 | 33 | 1 | |
| change | (80.9) | (19.1) | (66.7) | (31.3) | (2.1) | (76.1) | (23.2) | (0.7) | |
| Sustained | 57 | 24 | 13 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 82 | 34 | 26 |
| handgrip test | (60.6) | (25.5) | (13.8) | (52.1) | (20.8) | (27.1) | (57.7) | (23.9) | (18.3) |
| CAN(-/+) | 68(72.3)/26(27.7) | 28(58.3)/20(41.7) | 96(67.6)/46(32.4) | ||||||
Data are expressed as n (%). HR, heart rate; CAN, cardiac autonomic neuropathy