Diabetic Neuropathy Prevalence and Its Associated Risk Factors in Two Representative Groups of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients from Bihor County

摘要

Background:Diabetic neuropathy has an important impact on the quality of life of affected individuals due to the presence of chronic symptoms like distal neuropathic pain, but it also influences the survival of diabetic patients, given that the clinical forms of diabetic neuropathy produce complications such as diabetic foot syndrome in distal peripheral neuropathy or life threatening arrhythmias in autonomic cardiac neuropathy. The prevalence of diabetic neuropathy in representative cohorts is very discordant in numerous studies, and our purpose was to evaluate the frequency of this microvascular complication in Bihor County and to determine some risk factors for its development in order to perform a more rigorous screening in certain risk groups.