Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and prevalence of Distal Peripheral Neuropathy among patients with newly diagnosed and established diabetes
From: The prevalence, patterns and predictors of diabetic peripheral neuropathy in a developing country
| Â | Diabetes status | ||
|---|---|---|---|
|  | Non-diabetic (n = 3943) | Newly diagnosed (n = 191) | Established (n = 337) |
Mean age (±SD) | 44.9 ± 15.0 | 51.4 ± 13.5 | 56.8 ± 11.2 |
Gender (%) Male | 1572 (39.8%) | 72 (37.7%) | 125 (37.1%) |
Female | 2377 (60.2%) | 119 (62.3%) | 212 (62.9%) |
DNS score (%) | 3123 (79.2%) 488 (12.4%) 175 (4.4%) 102 (2.6%) 55 (1.4%) | 136 (71.2%) 29 (15.2%) 14 (7.3%) 9 (4.7%) 3 (1.6%) | 138 (40.9%) 73 (21.7%) 54 (16.0%) 49 (14.5%) 23 (6.8%) |
TCSS categories No neuropathy (0–5) Mild neuropathy (6–8) Moderate neuropathy (9–11) Severe neuropathy (>11) | NA NA NA NA | NA NA NA NA | 256 (76.0%) 56 (16.6%) 24 (7.1%) 1 (0.3%) |