Determinants of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy and Their Clinical Significance: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In this study, we investigated the epidemiological characteristics and predictors of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) in adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM).

Methods

The study was designed as a retrospective cohort trial at the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University. From January 2017 to December 2020, a total of 1,262 patients with DM were enrolled to assess the risk factors for DPN. The patients were divided into two groups (DPN group and non-DPN group). The Mann-Whitney U test or t-test, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses, univariate chi-square analyses, and multiple logistic regression analyses were used to analyze the adjusted predictors of DPN.

Results

The overall prevalence of DPN in DM p

SUBMITTER: Cheng Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9360478 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature