“…In each individual study, exclusion criteria were the same as for T2DM, i.e. pregnancy [ 43 , 62 ], neurological disease [ 43 ], BMI over 25 kg/m 2 [ 42 , 44 , 45 ] or 35 kg/m 2 [ 58 , 62 ], chronic heart [ 42 , 44 , 45 , 50 – 52 , 57 , 58 , 60 – 63 ], liver [ 56 , 60 , 63 ], or renal [ 42 , 42 , 45 , 56 , 58 , 60 – 63 ] failure, thyroid disorder [ 50 , 52 ], or treatment that can influence HRV parameters [ 44 – 46 , 52 , 54 , 57 – 60 ]. Controls had high blood pressure in five studies [ 49 , 56 , 58 , 60 , 62 ], and were on dialysis in three studies [ 43 , 46 , 52 ].…”