[Diabetic neuropathy: thermal sensation and metabolic control in non-insulin-dependent diabetics]. / Neuropatía diabética: sensibilidad térmica y control metabólico en diabéticos no insulinodependientes.
Rev Med Chil
; 125(11): 1319-27, 1997 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-9609053
BACKGROUND: The early detection of peripheral neuropathy in diabetics is important since it is the main risk factor for lower limb trophic lesions in diabetics. AIM: To assess the relationship between feet thermal sensation threshold and metabolic control in ambulatory non-insulin-dependent diabetics. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A random sample of 34 non-insulin-dependent diabetics followed for more than five years in a special clinic, out of 368 patients, was selected. Warmth sensation thresholds were measured in the dorsum of both feet using a MSTP-III thermostimulator. The average value of all glycosylated hemoglobins obtained during the 9.7 +/- 5.3 years of follow up for each patient was calculated. A multiple stepwise regression analysis was performed between thermal sensation as the dependent variable and glycosylated hemoglobin, fasting blood glucose, age and diabetes duration. RESULTS: The regression model disclosed glycosylated hemoglobin as the only independent predictor of warmth sensation threshold (partial r = 0.385; p = 0.043). Fifteen diabetic patients with good metabolic control, defined as those with a mean glycosylated hemoglobin of less than 9.5%, had a warmth sensation threshold of 35.6 +/- 3.7 degrees C, whereas 19 diabetics with a had control (glycosylated hemoglobin > or = 9.5%) had a threshold of 39 +/- 3.8 degrees C (p = 0.017). CONCLUSIONS: In this group of diabetics, there is a relationship between the severity of distal polyneuropathy and the metabolic control, assessed with glycosylated hemoglobin levels.
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Assunto principal:
Sensação Térmica
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Pé Diabético
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Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Es
Revista:
Rev Med Chil
Ano de publicação:
1997
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Chile
País de publicação:
Chile