Toronto clinical scoring system in diabetic peripheral neuropathy / 中南大学学报(医学版)

OBJECTIVE@#To evaluate the application value of Toronto clinical scoring system (TCSS) and its grading of neuropathy for diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN), and to explore the relationship between TCSS grading of neuropathy and the grading of diabetic nephropathy and diabetic retinopathy.@*METHODS@#A total of 209 patients of Type 2 diabtes (T2DM) underwent TCSS. Taking electrophysiological examination as a gold standard for diagnosing DPN, We compared the results of TCSS score > or = 6 with electrophysiological examination, and tried to select the optimal cut-off points of TCSS.@*RESULTS@#The corresponding accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of TCSS score > or = 6 were 76.6%, 77.2%, and 75.6%, respectively.The Youden index and Kappa were 0.53 and 0.52, which implied TCSS score > or = 6 had a moderate consistency with electrophysiological examination. There was a linear positive correlation between TCSS grading of neuropathy and the grading of diabetic nephropathy and diabetic retinopathy (P<0.05). The optimal cut-off point was 5 or 6 among these patients.@*CONCLUSION@#TCSS is reliable in diagnosing DPN and its grading of neuropathy has clinical value.

Analysis of risk on smoking in early diabetic foot patients / 中国基层医药

Objective To analyze the risk of smoking on early diabetic foot patients.Methods One hundred and four early diabetic foot patients were involved in the study.According to cigarette smoking,patients were divided into the smoking group(n=45) and the no-smoking group(n=59).FBG,PBG2h,HbA_1c,TC,TG,HDL,LDL, BUN,Cr,CRP,ABI(ankle-branchial index)were examined.T-test and chi-square test were used to assess the risk of smoking on early diabetic foot patients.Results Compared with the no-smoking group,the smoking group were as- sociated with HDL and CRP.Chi-square-test demonstrated a statistically significant difference between the groups with smoking and no smoking on peripheral vascular disease in early diabetic foot patients.Conclusion Smoking re- mains significantly an independent risk of early diabetic foot patients.