Prevalence and determinants of diabetic polyneuropathy in a sub-Saharan African referral hospital

• Published in: Journal of the neurological sciences Vol. 355; no. 1; pp. 108 - 112
• Main Authors: Kuate-Tegueu, C, Temfack, E, Ngankou, S, Doumbe, J, Djientcheu, V.P, Kengne, A.P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.08.2015
• Subjects: Africa; Aged; Cameroon; Cameroon - epidemiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic Neuropathies - diagnosis; Diabetic Neuropathies - epidemiology; Diabetic neuropathy; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neurology; Painful diabetic neuropathy; Polyneuropathy; Prevalence; Referral and Consultation - statistics & numerical data; Regression Analysis; Risk factors; Cameroon; Cameroon; Prevalence; Diabetes mellitus; Africa; Diabetic neuropathy; Polyneuropathy; Painful diabetic neuropathy; Risk factors

Abstract Background Diabetic peripheral neuropathy is the commonest complication of diabetes mellitus, and a major cause of limb amputations. In general however, the magnitude of diabetic neuropathy in sub-Saharan Africans with diabetes has been less reliably quantified. We assessed the prevalence a...