The Relationship between Heart Rate and Blood Glucose Concentration

Week 3 - Friday
August 3rd, 2018

Heart Rate Variability and Glycaemic Status in Diabetic Patients

Objectives: To studies about the relationship between heart rate and blood glucose concentration for diabetic patients.

Discussion:

B. Metzger et al. (2008) state that the heart rate are related to the cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in diabetic and non-diabetic people. Heart rate is correlated to the cases that causes the high heart rate and blood pressure and maw be related to the cardiac neuropathy (CAN) (D. Ziegler, CP. Zentai, S. Perz, W. Rathman et al, 2008). Plus, D. Ziegler et al (2008) added that lower HR in diabetic patients has been recognized as an early benchmark of CAN.

The significant differences of HR between the normal individuals and the diabetic patients is which the diabetic patients have the higher HR than the normal individuals. The normal individuals show a slow increase in HR between the rest and deep-breathing than the diabetic patients. C. Panzer et al (2002) also state that that the diabetic patients tend to have the higher HR and slightly higher in dysglycemia.


Conclusion:

The higher the heart rate for diabetic patients, the higher the blood glucose concentration/ level in the artery. There is no significant correlation between the blood pressure and blood glucose. But, there is a correlation between heart rate and blood glucose parameters. The correlation coefficient was 93.2% and the error was just only 0.24 mmol/L.