Titre : | Peripheral insensate neuropathy : A tall problem for US adults ? (2006) |
Auteurs : | Yiling-J CHENG ; Nathalie DE REKENEIRE ; Edward-W GREGG ; Henry-S KAHN ; K.M. VENKAT NARAYAN ; Desmond-E Williams ; Us Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Division of Diabetes Translation. Atlanta. GA. USA |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | American journal of epidemiology (vol. 164, n° 9, 2006) |
Pagination : | 873-880 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Etats Unis ; Amérique ; Adulte ; Homme ; Diabète ; Vieillissement ; Collecte information ; Système nerveux périphérique ; Système nerveux [pathologie] ; Epidémiologie ; Personne âgée ; Complication ; Glande endocrine [pathologie] ; Amérique du Nord |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS 1LR0x4d8. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. The relation between height and lower extremity peripheral insensate neuropathy among persons with and without diabetes was examined by use of the 1999-2002 US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey with 5,229 subjects aged 40 or more years. A monofilament was used to determine whether any of three areas on each foot were insensate. Peripheral insensate neuropathy was defined as the presence of one or more insensate areas. Its prevalence was nearly twice as high among persons with diabetes (21.2%) as among those without diabetes (11.5% ; p |