| It affects sensory, autonomic and motor neurons of the peripheral nervous system | Risk factors for diabetic foot• Recommendations for standardized classification of diabetic neuropathy made by The American Diabetic Association and Academy of Neurology include measurement of at least one parameter of five main categories: symptom profiles, neurological examination, quantitative sensory testing, nerve conduction studies and autonomic function testing |
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| Abdulrahman Al-Tahan, in his paper published in 1994 on the Saudi medical journal reported that the prevalence of diabetic neuropathy was 33 | A review of the records of 1010 diabetic patients seen at King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, revealed an overall prevalence of 10 |
In 1992 Abu-Zeid and Al-Kassab, found that the overall prevalence of diabetes mellitus was 4.
| In my opinion I think it is important to mention the age group when we talk about prevalence of diabetes in Saudi Arabia | 9 per 100,000 population per year for first major amputation in men and the lowest was 2 |
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| An interesting international multi center study, established to enable a comparison of lower extremity amputation incidence rates between different centers around the world published in the British journal of surgery in 2000 showed the highest amputation rates was of 43 | 8 per 100,000 per year |
, reported a new prevalence rate for overweight and obesity.
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