抄録
On thirty-six patients with diabetes electrocardiographic test, retinal examination. blood pressure measurement and estimations of fasting blood sugar, total cholesterol, β lipoprotein and triglyceride were carried out, and mutual relation of the findings was investigated.
The results obtained were summarized as follows:
1) Depressed ST segment and T wave were observed in the majority of the patients underresting condition, and 36.6 percent of the patients were found to be positive in Master's “double two step” test.
It was of clinical significance that Master's test was frequently found to be positive in the patients who showed normal electrocardiographic findings under resting condition, who were young and had a short history of the disease.
There was no relation between electrocardiographic findings and serum lipid levels.
2) Retinal changes were found in 32.1% of the patients. The frequency of retinal changes was observed to run parallel with age and elapse of time suffered from the disease, with levels of fasting blood sugar, total serum cholesterol and serum β-lipoprotein, but not with triglyceride level.
3) The majority of the patients with retinal changes were hypertension. On the other hand, there was no relation between retinal changes and the results of Master's “double two step” test.
