Muhammad Umer Nisar|Ambreen Asad|Ahmed Waqas|Nazia Binte Ali|Anam Nisar|Mohsin A Qayyum|Hafsa Maryam|Mohsin Javaid|Mohsin Jamil
Association of Diabetic Neuropathy with Duration of Type 2 Diabetes and Glycemic Control
Karachi Medical and Dental College|CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry|University of Wah
diabetes mellitus associated severe microvascular macrovascular complications major implications public health diabetic neuropathy problematic complication diabetes mellitus associated severe morbidity mortality huge economic burden present study designed two aims 1 analyze association diabetic neuropathy glycemic index levels fasting blood glucose random blood glucose hb1ac patients type 2 diabetes 2 analyze association diabetic neuropathy time passed since diagnosis diabetesthis casecontrol study undertaken june 2013 february 2015 armed forces institute rehabilitation medicine afirm rawalpindi pakistan type 2 diabetics age range 3060 years recruited outpatient departments afirm rawalpindi data collected recorded form four sections recording following 1 demographics patients number years passed since diagnosis diabetes 2 clinical examination touch pressure power pain vibration ankle reflex 3 nerve conduction studies motor components common peroneal nerve tibial nerve sensory component median nerve sural nerve 4 glycemic index including fasting blood glucose levels bsf random blood glucose bsr levels hba1c levels data analyzed spss v 20 chisquare phi statistics logistic regression analysis run analyze associations diabetic neuropathy time passed since diagnosis diabetes glycemic indexin total 152 patients recruited onehalf patients neuropathy 76 patients half 76 patients normal nerve function mean standard deviation sd duration diabetes nine years 676 bsf levels 798 mmoll 218 bsr 95 mmoll 319 hba1c 65 218 logistic regression analysis predicted 875 model correctly duration since diagnosis diabetes hba1c levels significantly associated diagnosis neuropathy diabeticsthe presence diabetic neuropathy significantly associated hba1c levels duration diabetes