People with uncomplicated type 2 diabetes (T2D) have impaired peak exercise
performance compared with that of their nondiabetic counterparts. This impairment may
represent the earliest indication of cardiovascular (CV) abnormalities in T2D. Women with
T2D are known to have worse CV outcomes than those in men with T2D. We hypothesized
that women with diabetes have a greater exercise impairment than that in men with diabetes
compared with that in their nondiabetic counterparts.