Jonas L Isaksen, Christian B Sivertsen, Christian Zinck Jensen, Claus Graff, Dominik Linz, Christina Ellervik, Magnus T Jensen, Peter G Jørgensen, Jørgen K Kanters
BACKGROUND: The association between type 2 diabetes and electrocardiographic (ECG) markers are incompletely explored and the dependence on diabetes duration is largely unknown. We aimed to investigate the electrocardiographic (ECG) changes associated with type 2 diabetes over time. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, we matched people with type 2 diabetes 1:1 on sex, age, and body mass index with people without diabetes from the general population. We regressed ECG markers with the presence of diabetes and the duration of clinical diabetes, respectively, adjusted for sex, age, body mass index, smoking, heart rate, diabetes medication, renal function, hypertension, and myocardial infarction...
April 20, 2024: Journal of Electrocardiology