The association of dyslipidemia and peripheral diabetic neuropathy: the influence of urea
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Methodology Ninety consecutive patients at a university hospital in Manaus, Amazonas were included in this study. Eighty-six (95.6%) had type 2 diabetes, 66.7% were female, mean age was 56.2±12.8 yrs.-old and mean time of diabetes diagnosis was 11.5±9.5 yrs. They were evaluated using Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) and the clinical component of the Michigan Diabetic Neuropathy Score (MDNS). This component evaluates vibratory, painful and tactile sensitivities. Subjects who scored 7 or more on this component of the MDNS were considered as having PDN (Feldman et al., 1994). MNSI and MDNS clinical component scores were analyzed according to lipid profile and statin use.
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