VERTEBRAL HYPEROSTOSIS AND DIABETES-MELLITUS - A CASE-CONTROL STUDY

Citation
A. Daragon et al., VERTEBRAL HYPEROSTOSIS AND DIABETES-MELLITUS - A CASE-CONTROL STUDY, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 54(5), 1995, pp. 375-378
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
ISSN journal
00034967
Volume
54
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
375 - 378
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4967(1995)54:5<375:VHAD-A>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Objective-To compare glucose metabolism in patients with vertebral hyp erostosis (VH), with that in control patients. Methods-We studied 50 p atients aged 60 years or more who had VH according to Resnick's criter ia, and 50 control patients without VH, matched for sex, age, weight a nd height. Plasma glucose was evaluated before and 120 minutes after i ngestion of 75 g glucose. World Health Organisation criteria for diabe tes mellitus (DM) were used. Radiographs of the pelvis and thoracic an d lumbar spine were performed and read blind by two physicians. Result s-Statistical analysis showed no difference between cases and control patients for prevalence of DM, and plasma glucose at 0 and 120 minutes . Conclusion-These data suggest that glucoregulation in patients with VH does not differ from that in matched controls.