Assessing heart rate variability in type 1 diabetes mellitus—Psychosocial stress a possible confounder

Background Autonomic neuropathy (AN) commonly arises as a long‐term complication in diabetes mellitus and can be diagnosed from heart rate variability (HRV), calculated from electrocardiogram recordings. Psychosocial stress also affects HRV and could be one of several confounders for cardiac AN. The present work investigated the impact of psychosocial stress on HRV in individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and assessed the use of...