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Incidence and determinants of carpal tunnel decompression surgery in type 2 diabetes: the Fremantle Diabetes Study.

Makepeace A, Davis WA, Bruce DG, Davis TM

University of Western Australia, Fremantle Hospital, P.O. Box 480, Fremantle, Western Australia 6959, Australia.

To examine the incidence and predictors of carpal tunnel decompression (CTD) in community-based patients with type 2 diabetes, we studied 1,284 type 2 diabetic participants (mean +/- SD age 64.1 +/- 6.1 years, 49.1% male) in the longitudinal observational Fremantle Diabetes Study who had no history of CTD. A total of 67 participants (5.8%) had a first CTD during 12,109 years (mean 9.4 +/- 3.7) of follow-up, an incidence of 5.5 per 1,000 patient-years. This was at least 4.2 times the incidence in the general population (P < 0.001). In Cox proportional hazards analysis, significant independent determinants of first-ever CTD were higher BMI, taking lipid-lowering medication, and being in a stable relationship (P <or= 0.021). The crude incidence of first CTD is increased in type 2 diabetes and is associated with obesity and sociodemographic/treatment factors that could indicate treatment-seeking behavior including CTD in symptomatic patients.

Published 29 February 2008 in Diabetes Care, 31(3): 498-500.
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