title: Incidence and determinants of carpal tunnel decompression surgery in type 2 diabetes: the Fremantle Diabetes Study.
abstract: To examine the incidence and predictors of carpal tunnel decompression (CTD) in community-based patients with type 2 diabetes, we studied 1,284 type 2 diabetic participants (mean +/- SD age 64.1 +/- 6.1 years, 49.1% male) in the longitudinal observational Fremantle Diabetes Study who had no history of CTD. A total of 67 participants (5.8%) had a first CTD during 12,109 years (mean 9.4 +/- 3.7) of follow-up, an incidence of 5.5 per 1,000 patient-years. This was at least 4.2 times the incidence in the general population (P < 0.001). In Cox proportional hazards analysis, significant independent determinants of first-ever CTD were higher BMI, taking lipid-lowering medication, and being in a stable relationship (P <or= 0.021). The crude incidence of first CTD is increased in type 2 diabetes and is associated with obesity and sociodemographic/treatment factors that could indicate treatment-seeking behavior including CTD in symptomatic patients.
authors: University of Western Australia, Fremantle Hospital, P.O. Box 480, Fremantle, Western Australia 6959, Australia.
authors: Ashley
authors: A
authors: Makepeace
authors: Wendy A
authors: WA
authors: Davis
authors: David G
authors: DG
authors: Bruce
authors: Timothy M E
authors: TM
authors: Davis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D014904:Western Australia / Q000453:epidemiology