Gustatory sweating in people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Prevalence and risk factors.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Gustatory sweating (GS) is characterized by profuse sweating during or immediately after ingestion of food and is known as a complication of diabetes mellitus (DM). This study aimed to determine the prevalence of GS and to characterize the sweating in a cohort of patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T1DM and T2DM) as compared with a control group.

Methods

In a cross-sectional study, 665 outpatients with T1DM and 505 outpatients with T2DM filled in an 8-point questionnaire about GS. Answers were paired with medical data from the electronic patient records to explore associations with DM complications. The control group consisted of 1158 persons without DM answering the same questionnaire in an online version.

Results

In people with T1DM and T2DM

SUBMITTER: Klarskov CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8502225 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature