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Diminished heart rate variability in type 2 diabetes is exacerbated during exercise-heat stress

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Acknowledgements

We thank all the participants who volunteered for the present study and the members of the Human and Environmental Physiology Research Unit (HEPRU), especially Dr. M. Poirier.

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This project was supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Grants# 286363 and 399434; funds held by GPK). SRN is supported by a Postdoctoral Fellowship from HEPRU. GPK is supported by a University of Ottawa Research Chair.

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  1. School of Health Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

    Michael J. Macartney

  2. Human and Environmental Physiology Research Unit, School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, 125 University, Room 367, Montpetit Hall, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada

    Sean R. Notley, Ronald J. Sigal & Glen P. Kenny

  3. Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Christophe L. Herry, Andrew J. E. Seely, Ronald J. Sigal & Glen P. Kenny

  4. Thoracic Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada

    Andrew J. E. Seely

  5. Departments of Medicine, Cardiac Sciences and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, Faculties of Medicine and Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

    Ronald J. Sigal

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SRN and GPK conceptualized and designed the research; MJM performed statistical analysis, prepared figures, and drafted manuscript; All authors interpreted results; all authors edited, revised, and approved the final version. GPK is the guarantor of this work and, as such, had full access to all the data and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Data are available on request from the corresponding author.

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AJ.E. Seely is Founder and Board Chair of Therapeutic Monitoring Systems (TMS); TMS is developing and commercializing waveform-based variability-derived clinical decision support tools in order to improve care for patients at risk of or with existing critical illness. A.J.E. Seely and C.L. Herry are co-inventors on patents related to physiological waveform assessment and variability analysis. Otherwise, there are no conflicts of interest to declare, financial or otherwise.

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The study was approved by the University of Ottawa Research Ethics Board and conforms to the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki.

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Macartney, M.J., Notley, S.R., Herry, C.L. et al. Diminished heart rate variability in type 2 diabetes is exacerbated during exercise-heat stress. Acta Diabetol 57, 899–901 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00592-020-01482-z

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