Neuropatía diabética: sensibilidad térmica y control metabólico en diabéticos no insulinodependientes / Diabetic neuropathy: thermal sensation and metabolic control in non insulin dependent diabetics
Rev. méd. Chile
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125(11): 1319-27, nov. 1997. ilus, tab
Article
in Spanish
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RESUMO
Background:
The early detection of peripheral neuropathy in diabetics is important since it is the main riskfactor 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. Pattients andmethods:
A random sample of 34 non-insulin-dependent diabetic followed for more than five years in a special clinic, out of 368 patients, was selected. Warmth sensation thresbolds were measured in the dorsum of booth feet using a MSTP-III thermostimulator The average value of all glycosylated hemoglobins obtained during the 9.7 ñ 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 metabolic control, defined as those with a mean glycosylated hemoglobin of less than 9.5 percent, had a warmth sensation threhold of 35.6 ñ 3.7 ºC, whereas 19 diabetics with a bad control (glycosylated hemoglobin 9.5 percent) had a threshold of 39 ñ 3.8 ºC(p= 0.017).Conclusions:
In this group of diabetics there is a relationship between the severity of distal polyneuropathy and the metabolic contrl, assessed with glycosylated hemoglobin levels
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Index:
LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Thermosensing
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
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Diabetic Neuropathies
Type of study:
Prognostic study
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Screening study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
1997
Type:
Article
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