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. 2010 Jun;88(3):289-94.
doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2010.02.002. Epub 2010 Mar 31.

High prevalence of diabetic neuropathy in population-based patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the Shanghai downtown

Bin Lu  1 , Zhihong Yang, Mei Wang, Zhen Yang, Wei Gong, Yehong Yang, Jie Wen, Zhaoyun Zhang, Naiqing Zhao, Xixing Zhu, Renming Hu
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High prevalence of diabetic neuropathy in population-based patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the Shanghai downtown

Bin Lu et al. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2010 Jun.

Abstract

Aims: To determine the prevalence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) and risk factors associated with DPN in type 2 diabetic patients.

Methods: 435 diabetic patients were evaluated on complete foot examination. Body mass measurements, resting blood pressure, fasting blood measures, urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) and the digitally stored fundus images were investigated.

Results: (1) The prevalence of DPN was 61.8% among the Chinese patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes aged over 30 in the Shanghai downtown, 59.1% with vibration perception threshold > or =25 V and 13.8% with inability to feel the monofilament. (2) DPN was significantly associated with age (beta: 0.068, S.E.: 0.013, OR: 1.070, CI: 1.043-1.098, P<0.001) and HbA1c (beta: 0.224, S.E.: 0.081, OR: 1.251, CI: 1.067-1.466, P=0.006) by a logistic regression analysis. (3) The percentage of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in the DPN group (26.5%) was significantly higher than that in the non-DPN group (15.2%). (4) The percentage of macroalbuminuria in the DPN group (9.0%) was significantly higher than that in the non-DPN group (1.8%).

Conclusions: The prevalence of DPN observed in the Chinese patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes aged over 30 in the Shanghai downtown reached up to 61.8% though the observations in our study might be representative of the diabetic patients of the Shanghai downtown.

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