Do heat events pose a greater health risk for individuals with type 2 diabetes?

Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 520-529

  Yardley, Jane E ^a   Stapleton, Jill M ^a   Sigal, Ronald J ^a,b   Kenny, Glen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SALICYLIC ACID;

AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DEHYDRATION; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEAT LOSS; HEAT STROKE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPERTENSION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOPATHY; REVIEW; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN DISEASE; SWEATING; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMOREGULATION; VASODILATATION;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SWEATING;

EID: 84878575459     PISSN: 15209156     EISSN: 15578593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dia.2012.0324     Document Type: Review

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