Table 1

Patient characteristics

PNP-
 PNP+
n
 49
 44
Gender (female/male)
 30/19
 29/15
Type of DM (1/2)
 18/31
 9/35

female
 male
 female
 male

Mean
 SD
 Range
 Mean
 SD
 Range
 Mean
 SD
 Range
 Mean
 SD
 Range
Age (yr)
 56.3
 9.1
 35
 50.9
 9.5
 38
 64.9
 8.8
 26
 58.8
 10.4
 44
Duration diabetes (yr)
 13.8
 10.2
 36
 11.6
 7.7
 31
 18.1
 11.4
 38
 16.3
 11.4
 42
HBa1c (percent)
 8.31
 1.5
 4.8
 8.15
 1.1
 46
 8.25
 1.3
 5.5
 8.16
 1.3
 6.3
BMI (kg/m2)
 28.9
 5.2
 19.8
 28.2
 4.8
 17.9
 31.2
 7.4
 25.7
 29.6
 6.5
 27.3

VPT = vibration perception threshold, PNP+ = peripheral polyneuropathy (VTP > 25 Volts), PNP- = no peripheral polyneuropathy (VPT ≤ 25 Volts), DM = diabetes mellitus, HbA1c = hemoglobin A1c, yr = year, BMI = Body Mass Index

Guldemond et al. BMC Endocrine Disorders 2008 8:16   doi:10.1186/1472-6823-8-16