Diabetes, Vol 37, Issue 6 829-831, Copyright © 1988 by American Diabetes Association
Are reduced lung volumes in IDDM due to defect in connective tissue?
D Bell, A Collier, DM Matthews, EJ Cooksey, GJ McHardy and BF Clarke
Department of Medicine, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Lung volumes were measured by spirometry and helium-dilution technique in
28 young adult men with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) of long
duration and compared with 16 age- and height-matched adult men without
diabetes. Reduced values for forced expiratory volume at 1 s, vital
capacity, functional residual capacity, total lung capacity, residual
volume, and single-breath carbon monoxide transfer factor were found for
the IDDM patients compared to the control subjects. The results are
consistent with reduced lung volumes in IDDM patients and did not correlate
with the presence or absence of mild cheiroarthropathy but may relate to
duration of diabetes.