title: Do rheological variables play a role in diabetic peripheral neuropathy?
abstract: Whole blood viscosity and its determinants were measured in diabetic patients with and without peripheral neuropathy to assess whether these variables could have a role in the microvascular aetiology of diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Although corrected whole blood viscosity at high and low shear rates (5.29 +/- 0.51 and 21.10 +/- 3.03 mPa s), plasma viscosity (1.41 +/- 0.13 mPa s), and red cell filtration ratio (0.49 +/- 0.04) in diabetic patients were significantly different from non-diabetic control subjects (high shear rate 4.83 +/- 0.54, low shear rate 17.36 +/- 2.78, plasma 1.29 +/- 0.09 mPa s, all p less than 0.001, and red cell filtration ratio 0.55 +/- 0.03, p less than 0.001) there were no significant differences between diabetic patients with neuropathy and those without. Blood rheology is altered to a similar extent in diabetic patients with and without neuropathy.
authors.affiliation: Diabetic Unit, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, UK.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: MacRury
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lockhart
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Small
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Weir
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: MacCuish
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Lowe
mesh_terms: D001809:Blood Viscosity; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004907:Erythrocyte Deformability; D005260:Female; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000032:analysis; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D006400:Hematocrit; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D005340:Fibrinogen; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin