Diabetes Mellitus - A Diagnosis Trial by Means of Non Invasive Measurements

Medical University of Vienna

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diabetes Mellitus Type II

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02028091

1242/2012

Details and patient eligibility

About

Vascular damage caused by diabetes mellitus, cigarette smoking, age and arterial hypertension theoretically changes pulse wave velocity.

Full description

Diabetes mellitus related vascular alterations are associated with an increased risk of hypertonia, atherosclerosis, neuropathy, diabetic retinopathy, and further more.

Increased vascular rigidity, which is based on the increased stiffness of vessels caused by vascular damage leads to an increase of pulse wave velocity. This assumption is based on the Moens-Korteweg-equation which is calculated using the modus of arterial vessel elasticity, arterial vessel wall thickness, the arterial radius and blood viscosity.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients over 18 years

Exclusion criteria

• Diabetic foot gangrene
• No possibility of pulse wave velocitiy measurement on the finger or toe

Trial design

100 participants in 2 patient groups

Diabetes mellitus

Description:

All patients over 18 years with diagnosed diabetes mellitus type II.

Non Diabetic

Description:

Patients over 18 years with no known diabetes mellitus or other known/diagnosed vascular diseases.