Table 4.
Prevalence of autonomic symptoms in patients with and without CAN.
| Autonomic symptoms | Patients |
p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Presence of CAN | Absence of CAN | ||
| Syncope, n (%) | 25 (16.6) | 15(32.6) | 10(9.5) | 0.000 |
| Postprandial nausea, n (%) | 20 (13.2) | 10 (21.7) | 10 (9.5) | 0.042 |
| Early satiety, n (%) | 30 (19.9) | 14 (30.4) | 16 (15.2) | 0.031 |
| Diarrhea, n (%) | 5 (3.3) | 4 (8.7) | 1 (1) | 0.051 |
| Constipation, n (%) | 43 (28.5) | 17 (37) | 26 (24.8) | 0.126 |
| Recurrent urinary infection, n (%) | 9 (6) | 5 (10.9) | 4 (3.8) | 0.189 |
| Pollakiuria, n (%) | 6 (4) | 3 (6.5) | 3 (2.9) | 0.543 |
| Sexual dysfunction, n (%) | 34 (22.5) | 15 (32.6) | 19 (18.1) | 0.049 |
| Gustatory sweating, n (%) | 16 (10.6) | 9 (19.6) | 7 (6.7) | 0.018 |
| Asymptomatic hypoglycemia, n (%) | 55(44.7) | 15 (39.5) | 40 (47) | 0.434 |
CAN, cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy.