Left ventricular diastolic function in normotensive type-2 diabetic subjects.

Background: Most previous studies on diastolic function in diabetics are confounded by coexisting ischemic heart disease, obesity and hypertension. Therefore, there may be advantages in studying patients with diabetes mellitus in developing nations where confounding variables are less prevalent. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of type-2 diabetes mellitus on left ventricular diastolic function in normotensive subjects in Nigeria.