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Table 1c. Western scientific evidence about prevalence of CHV
(chronic hyperventilation) in patients with diabetes.
*One row corresponds to one medical study/publication
| Condition | Minute ventilation |
Number of patients |
Prevalence of CHV |
References (click below for abstracts) |
| Normal breathing | 6 l/min | - | 0 % | Medical textbooks |
| Diabetes | 12-17 l/min | 26 | 100% | Bottini et al, 2003 |
| Diabetes | 15 (±2) l/min | 45 | 100% | Tantucci et al, 2001 |
| Diabetes | 12 (±2) l/min | 8 | 100% | Mancini et al, 1999 |
| Diabetes | 10-20 l/min | 28 | 100% | Tantucci et al, 1997 |
| Diabetes | 13 (±2) l/min | 20 | 100% | Tantucci et al, 1996 |
References (in the same order)
Bottini et al, 2003 (click on the name to read the abstract of the study)
Bottini P, Dottorini ML, M. Cordoni MC, Casucci G, Tantucci C, Sleep-disordered breathing in nonobese diabetic subjects with autonomic neuropathy, Eur Respir J 2003; 22: p. 654–660.
Tantucci C, Bottini P, Fiorani C, Dottorini ML, Santeusanio F, Provinciali L, Sorbini CA, Casucci G, Cerebrovascular reactivity and hypercapnic respiratory drive in diabetic autonomic neuropathy, J Appl Physiol 2001, 90: p. 889–896.
Mancini M, Filippelli M, Seghieri G, Iandelli I, Innocenti F, Duranti R, Scano G, Respiratory Muscle Function and Hypoxic Ventilatory Control in Patients With Type I Diabetes, Chest 1999; 115; p.1553-1562.
Tantucci C, Scionti L, Bottini P, Dottorini ML, Puxeddu E, Casucci G, Sorbini CA, Influence of autonomic neuropathy of different severities on the hypercapnic drive to breathing in diabetic patients, Chest. 1997 Jul; 112(1): p. 145-153.
Tantucci C, Bottini P, Dottorini ML, Puxeddu E, Casucci G, Scionti L, Sorbini CA, Ventilatory response to exercise in diabetic subjects with autonomic neuropathy, J Appl Physiol 1996, 81(5): p.1978–1986.