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Triglycerides and Diabetic Neuropathy

Filed in archive Developments , Notable , Research on May 25, 2009

Triglycerides and Diabetic Neuropathy
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Diabetic neuropathy - a consequence of diabetes - is a condition characterized by damaged or lost nerves resulting to numbness, tingling and pain, most often in the hands, arms, legs and feet.

Now, researchers from University of Michigan and Wayne State University found that triglycerides (a known cardiovascular disease risk factor) can also be used to by doctors to predict which patients with diabetes are more likely to develop neuropathy.

In a study report now online in the journal Diabetes and will appear in print in the journal's July issue:

The data revealed that if a patient had elevated triglycerides, he or she was significantly more likely to experience worsening neuropathy over a period of one year. Other factors, such as higher levels of other fats in the blood or of blood glucose, did not turn out to be significant.


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