Impairment of cardiovascular autonomic pattern in obese adolescents with Type 2 diabetes mellitus

The aim of this study was to assess the behaviour of insulin sensitivity and insulin resistance (IR) indexes in a group of obese adolescents with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in comparison to obese adolescents without diabetes and normal controls, moreover to compare these parameters with the cardiac autonomic pattern. Seven T2DM obese (12.7±0.5 yr), 18 obese without T2DM, and 10 nonobese control adolescents age matched were studied. In all...