title: [Prevalence of peripheral somatic neuropathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus].
abstract: A cross-sectional study of 297 type 2 diabetic patients was carried out to evaluate their prevalence of peripheral somatic neuropathy. Their mean age was 61 years, with a predominance of females (65.7%) over males (34.3%). The clinical duration of diabetes was longer than 10 year in 45% of the evaluated patients, and metabolic control was poor in almost one half of them (49.5%). The most common symptom were cramps, while abnormal vibratory sense was the predominant physical finding. Neuropathy was significantly associated with mean age (t = 4.32, p less than 0.0001), the years of duration of diabetes (chi(2) = 11.16, p = 0.01) and the metabolic control degree (chi(2) = 24.2, p less than 0.001) in the bivariate analysis, while in multivariate analysis it was only associated with age (e beta = 1,637, p less than 0.0001) and the metabolic control degree (e beta = 4.02, p less than 0.0001).
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Mundet Tuduri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bundo Vidiella
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Alvarez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trilla Soler
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Prevalencia de la neuropatía somática periférica en la diabetes tipo II.