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Frequency and risk factors of abnormal nerve conduction studies in accidentally diagnosed diabetes

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation volume 50, Article number: 25 (2023) Cite this article

Abstract

Background

Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is one of the major diabetic complication and affects quality of life (QoL).This study aims at assessing the frequency of DPN among accidentally diagnosed diabetic patients, identifying risk factors linked to DPN in those patients, and determine the potential effect on QoL.

Results

According to nerve conduction study (NCS), 32 patients (44.4%) had polyneuropathy. Polyneuropathy is significantly associated with older age, higher hip and waist measurements, higher weight, and body mass index (BMI).

About 53% of patients with polyneuropathy were current smokers versus 25% of non-smokers. Longer duration since the first diagnosis, higher fasting blood sugar (FBG), 2-h post-prandial (2-hPP) glucose, and HbA1c are also associated with peripheral neuropathy (PN) (p < 0.001). Being on insulin was associated with PN (p = 0.002). Increasing BMI, current smoking, and increased HbA1c significantly increase the risk of PN by 1.314, 19.963, and 3.302-folds, respectively. An unhealthy diet is also associated with PN.Hyperlipidemia was also associated with PN (p = 0.028). A significant positive association was found between DQoL scores and symptom scores.

Conclusion

A significant proportion of type 2 diabetic patients had DPN at the time of diagnosis, which adversely affects QoL. At the time of diagnosis, it is highly suggested that proper screening. procedures be used for DPN. Obesity, smoking, and elevated HbA1c significantly increase the risk of DPN.

Background

Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN), a major diabetic complication, affects QoL. About 30 to 50% of diabetic patients develop DPN [1, 2].

DPN leads to foot ulceration with lower extremity amputations, functional limitations, and frequent hospitalizations [2,3,4]. The lower limb or part is lost worldwide as a result of diabetes every 30 s [5]. Foot ulceration annual incidence has increased roughly tenfold in the presence of neuropathy [6].

DPN is considered a significant cause of mortality and morbidity due to two crucial clinical effects, diabetic foot ulcer and neuropathic pain [7, 8]. One-fourth of individuals with type 2 diabetes are already complex at first diagnosis [9]. Half of the DPN cases are asymptomatic [10]. In the same line, about 8% of newly diagnosed cases as well as 50% of cases with the longstanding disease, have DPN [11]. DPN's major frequent risk factors include increasing patients’ age, longer disease duration, smoking, as well as poor glycemic control [12, 13].

Diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain is regarded as one of the most psychologically burdensome diabetic symptoms and might substantially impact QoL, notably social and psychological well-being and physical illness [2]. Hence, early screening for DPN is critical. DPN screening successfully identifies patients more prone to developing diabetic foot ulcers [14]. There are many clinical scores, including the score of diabetic neuropathy symptom (DNS), neuropathy disabilities, as well as diabetic neuropathy examination scores, to assess DPN. The NCS is considered the gold standard diagnostic DPN test [15]. NCS assesses motor functions (conduction velocity, onset latency, and amplitude) of the median tibial, ulnar, and perineal nerves as well as sensory functions of the median sural and ulnar nerves (onset latency). The other motor response is the F waves evoked by the activation of the antidromic of motor neurons due to peripheral stimulation of motor axons [16].

Methods

Aim of the study

This study aims at assessing the frequency of DPN among accidentally diagnosed diabetic patients, identifying risk factors linked to DPN in those patients, and determine the potential effect on QoL.

Study design and setting

This was a cross-sectional study that performed at the outpatient clinics of Ain Shams University Hospitals. It included convenience sample from an accidentally diagnosed diabetic patients that recruited from the outpatient clinics along 4 months (from June 2022.to September 2022).

Participants

This study included 72 accidentally diagnosed diabetic patients attended to our hospitals’ outpatient clinics. Before enrollment, all participants were instructed about study objectives, in addition to providing written consent. An ethical approval was obtained from the Research Ethical Committee. Diagnosis of diabetes was made according to the American Diabetes Association (2022) criteria [17].

Subjects were enrolled to do an NCS two to thirty weeks after diagnosis was confirmed and after obtaining informed consent. The patients were sent to the NCS unit at the same hospital, where they underwent nerve conduction studies.

The inclusion criteria in this study were any accidentally diagnosed type 2 DM older than 25 years.

Exclusion criteria included known diabetes, known peripheral neuropathy, autoimmune diseases, history of malignancy, active infection, severe uncontrolled medical illness, and patients on alcohol or drug abuse, patient who used drugs may cause PN as antiepileptic drugs, colchicine, some antihypertensive drugs, or using hormonal therapy were excluded from the study.

All patients underwent the following:

  1. 1

    Full medical history taking with particular concern about onset and disease duration and drug history, level of education and type of profession, any chronic disease as hypertension, liver, or kidney disease.

  2. 2

    Clinical assessment including general and neurological examination, BMI, and waist and hip circumference.

  3. 3

    Arabic version of the Diabetes Quality of Life questionnaire (DQoL) questionnaire to assess Quality of Life (QoL): this was used to measure QoL among studied patients. It comprised 29-items categorized into three factors: worries (Cronbach’s α = 0.88), impact (Cronbach’s α = 0.94) and satisfaction (Cronbach’s α = 0.97). Different variables were linked with DQoL scores: diabetic complications, low-income status, marital status, and insulin administration. Pearson’s correlation test was utilized for testing test–retest reliability, and all the items demonstrated a correlation > 0.8, denoting good test–retest reliability, whereas higher scores meant lower QoL [18].

  4. 4

    DNS was used to assess the presence of DPN: it is a simplified scoring system and specific scoring for DPN investigating the presence of tingling, numbness, pain, and ataxia. The maximum score of DNS is four points. A score of one or more points denotes neurological issues [19] (Table 1).

  5. 5

    Laboratory investigation: 3-cm blood sample was withdrawn to assess (fasting blood sugar), 2-h post-prandial blood glucose, HbA1C, and lipid profile.

  6. 6

    NCS.

Table 1 DNS score items
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Nerve conduction studies

This was conducted using electromyography instrument (Natus Neurology-Schwarze Dantec™ DELTAMED, The Schwarzer topas Trolly EMG system; EMG/NCV/EP system topas 230/240 V, Natus Europ GmbH, Germany): NCS involves the stimulation of nerves of both upper and lower limbs.

Surface electrodes were used to deliver and detect electric responses. Most subjects described its electric impulse as a tapping or tingling sensation. Subjects should avoid the application of topical creams prior to the NCS. No fasting is required, and the subject can return to his normal activities after the study. The test is well tolerated as well as safe, inducing slight discomfort and having no long-term negative effects. The NCS was done in an outpatient room setting. It took between 40 min and an hour. NCS is often utilized for evaluating sensory and motor nerve functions in both limbs. The study included the evaluation of the motor and sensory fibers of upper extremity ulnar and median nerves as well as the tibial and peroneal nerves’ motor and sensory fibers in lower extremities (including sural and superficial peroneal sensory nerves). The recording was obtained from the muscle supplied by the nerve distal to the stimulation site with two surface electrodes: an active electrode over the muscle belly as well as a reference electrode over the muscle tendon. Compound muscle action potential for motor nerves was created due to activated muscle fiber summation. Similarly, a propagated sensory nerve action potential was also obtained using antidromic method.

The parameters which were obtained as well as utilized for interpretation include (A) latency (ms) from stimulus to the onset of the evoked response, (B) amplitude (mv) from baseline to peak denotes the number of conducting fibers, decreasing axonal loss, (C) conduction velocity (m/s) determined by dividing the distance between stimulation and recording endpoints by delay. It indicates myelin sheath required integrity for impulse transmission and inhibits demyelination of nerves, (D) late responses were made to evaluate the peripheral nervous system’s proximal segments, including the nerve as well as plexus roots, and this includes (F) wave for median, ulnar, and tibial nerves as well as the soleus H reflex [20, 21].

Electrophysiologic criteria for chronic polyneuropathy

Demonstrate at least three of the following in motor nerves:

  • Prolonged distal latency (DL) (two or more nerves, not at entrapment sites), DL > 130% upper limit of normal (ULN).

  • Conduction velocity slowing (CV) (two or more nerves, not across entrapment sites), CV < 75% lower limit of normal.

  • Prolonged late responses: F response and H reflexes (one or more nerves), > 130% ULN (Note: If distal compound muscle action potential (CMAP) amplitude is very low, absent F waves may not be abnormal).

  • Conduction block/temporal dispersion (one or more nerves). Unequivocal conduction block: Proximal/distal CMAP area ratio < 0.50. Possible conduction block: proximal/distal CMAP amplitude ratio < 0.70. Temporal dispersion: proximal/distal CMAP duration ratio > 1.15 [22].

Statistical analysis

The collected data were analyzed using the 28th version of the SPSS software IBM Corp. Released 2021. IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 28.0. Armonk, NY: IBM Corp. Standard deviations, as well as means, were utilized for describing quantitative variables, whereas categorical variables were described using their absolute frequencies and compared utilizing the chi-square test. The chi-square for trend test was utilized for ordinal binary data. Levene (homogeneity of variances), as well as Kolmogorov–Smirnov (distribution-type) tests, were utilized for verifying assumptions for parametric tests. In order to compare quantitative data between two groups, the independent sample t test (for normally distributed data) and Mann–Whitney test (for not normally distributed data) were utilized. The Spearman rank correlation coefficient was utilized to measure the association strength between two continuous, not normally distributed variables. Binary logistic regression analysis was performed to calculate the odds that certain risk factors can produce particular health problems. The level of statistical significance was set at p ≤ 0.05. A highly significant difference was present if P ≤ 0.001.

Results

This study was applied on 72 patients who had been accidentally diagnosed as having type 2 diabetes during routine screening with time passed since diagnosis ranged from 2 to 30 weeks.

According to NCS, 32 patients (44.4%) had polyneuropathy. Concerning types, about 41% of them had sensory, motor, and demyelinating neuropathy. Sensory, motor, axonal, and demyelinating PN prevailed in 15.3% of patients. While 21.9% had sensory, demyelinating type (Fig. 1 and Table 2).

Fig. 1
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Distribution of patients according to presence of polyneuropathy

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Table 2 Baseline data of the studied patients
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Concerning lifestyles, 37.5% stated they are current smokers, and 80.6% stick to an unhealthy diet. Of the studied patients, one-third had comorbid hypertension, and 25% were dyslipidemic. More significant percentages of patients were on oral hypoglycemic drugs. When the patients were asked torate their symptoms, 47.2% were asymptomatic, while 2.8% reported their symptoms to have a score of 4 (Table 3). On examination, mean BMI, waist, and hip circumferences are 30.8 kg/m2, 107.99 cm, and 104.76 cm, respectively. Mean fasting, 2-h post-prandial blood glucose and HbA1c are 140.14 mg/dl, 248.6 mg/dl, and 7.64% (Table 3).

Table 3 Distribution of the studied patients according to presence and type of polyneuropathy
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About 63% were males aged from 34 to 69, with a mean of 51.13. About 21% of them received high education, and 15% of them worked as professional or semi-professional (Table 3).

There is a statistically remarkable association between the presence of polyneuropathy and all of age, smoking, weight, BMI, waist circumference, hip circumference, type of diet, drug used, time since diagnosis, 2-h post-prandial glucose, HbA1c, fasting blood glucose, hyperlipidemia, and score.

Polyneuropathy is significantly associated with older age, higher weight, body mass index, and waist and hip circumferences. About 53% of patients with polyneuropathy are current smokers versus 25% are non-smokers. An unhealthy diet is also associated with PN (93.8% versus 70% among those with and without PN, respectively). Hyperlipidemia is also associated with PN (p = 0.028) (Table 4). Longer duration since the first diagnosis, higher FBG, 2-hPP glucose, and HbA1c is also associated with PN (p < 0.001). Concerning the type of therapy, being on insulin is associated with PN (p = 0.002) (Table 4).

Table 4 Relation between polyneuropathy and baseline data of the studied patients
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There is a statistically marked association between symptoms scores and the presence of PN (those with no symptoms represented 80% of patients without PN). All those who reported scores of 3 to 4 had already been diagnosed with PN (Table 4). There is a statistically insignificant correlation between polyneuropathy and either gender, height, education, occupation, or presence of comorbid hypertension (Table 4).

Multivariate analysis of risk factors of PN showed that increasing BMI, current smoking, and increased HbA1c significantly increase the risk of PN by 1.314, 19.963, and 3.302 folds, respectively (Table 5).

Table 5 Multivariate analysis of factors significantly associated with PN among the studied patients
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Patients with DPN had non-significantly higher scores for impact on QoL and worries about DM domains (p = 0.221 and 0.728, respectively) and significantly higher satisfaction and total scores (p = 0.01 and 0.039, respectively) (Fig. 2). Satisfaction scores in those with DPN ranged from 14 to 65, with a median of 24.5 versus 21 (14–48) in subjects with no DPN. Median and range impact scores in those with DPN were 32.5 (5–55) versus 20.5 (5–51) in subjects without DPN. Median and range worry scores in those with DPN were 12 (6–20) versus 12 (5–20) in subjects without DPN. Median and range total scores in those with DPN were 69 (27–130) versus 55 (33–98) in subjects without DPN. There is a statistically marked positive association between DQoL scores and symptom scores (Fig. 2). There is a statistically significant positive correlation between DQoL scores and symptom scores (Table 6).

Fig. 2
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Relation between polyneuropathy and HRQoL of the studied patients

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Table 6 Correlation between DQoL scores and symptoms score among patients with DPN
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Discussion

The American Association of Diabetes recommends DPN screening in diabetic cases at the time of diagnosis and annually due to its impact on patient health, QoL, and health care costs [23]. Our study assessed the frequency and risk factors associated with PN in accidentally discovered DM.

In this study, the frequency of PN in our patients was 44.4%. In addition, the percentage of DPN prevalence was 9.6, 10.7, 23.1, and 14.1 for Spain, France, Italy, and the UK [24]. In recent Egyptian research, DPN prevalence was 45% by symptoms and 54% by NCS [25]. In another study conducted in Alexandria, peripheral neuropathy was determined in twenty percent of the studied cases, 29.4% of known diabetic cases, and 3.3% of newly diagnosed cases (p < 0.001) [26]. Pan and colleagues estimated that prevalence rates were 21.92 and 35.34% in type 1 as well as type 2 diabetic cases [27].

The current research reveals a substantial relationship between the presence of DPN and all of age, smoking, weight, BMI, waist circumference, hip circumference, type of diet, insulin therapy, time since diagnosis, fasting blood glucose, HbA1c, hyperlipidemia, 2-h post-prandial glucose and symptom score.

Multivariate analysis revealed that higher BMI, current smoking, and higher HbA1c significantly increase the risk of DPN by 1.314, 19.963, and 3.302 folds, respectively. In multicenter studies of 12 sites in Chinese, DPN prevalence was 18.28% among known diabetic cases as well as 6.35% among newly diagnosed diabetic cases [28]. The prior study revealed that patients over 60 years, with longer diabetes duration (> 10 years), hypertension, family history of diabetes, higher triglycerides (TGs), and uncontrolled glycemic status were at risk of developing DPN [29]. DPN prevalence according to DNS was 60.5%. Multivariate analysis conveyed that dyslipidemia, longstanding diabetes, and abdominal obesity were significantly associated with DPN [30, 31]. In this research, the glycemic status substantially affected the development of DPN. Intense glycemic control must be achieved to decrease DPN risk. Patients who received insulin were more likely to experience marked impairment of glycemic control, making it crucial to prescribing insulin. Consistent with our results, Kostev and colleagues revealed that using insulin was one of the most significant DPN risk factors among newly diagnosed diabetic cases in the UK and Germany [32].

Insulin resistance can be a link between DPN as well as obesity. In addition, the status of insulin-resistant is characterized by low-grade inflammation [33, 34], affecting endothelial dysfunction [35], in addition to microvascular disorders [36]. The KORA study reported that subclinical inflammation biomarkers are linked with DPN progression [37].

Various studies stated that weight loss reduced the incidence of DPN [38]. Also, some studies showed a beneficial effect of bariatric on DPN [39]. In this study, glycemic control affects the development of DPN. Controlled patients showed a decrease in DPN. The type of treatment also influenced DPN occurrence. In agreement, several studies reported that FPG and HbA1c variability are markedly associated with diabetic neuropathy in type 2 diabetes [40].

Increased HbA1c levels are linked to deteriorated wound healing. In addition, HbA1c is a good indicator for healing foot ulcers in diabetic cases [41, 42]. Also, HbA1c, < 7%, is linked to a 60% decline in the occurrence of DPN [43]. Uncontrolled DM is a significant factor that leads to axonal degeneration in diabetes patients [44]. Dyslipidemia is another DPN risk factor. Furthermore, studies have revealed that increased TGs levels and low/high levels of density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) are linked to DPN in diabetic patients [45, 46].

Studies reported a positive correlation between increased serum TC levels and DPN [47, 48]. Statins and fibrate were associated with a decline in the incidence of DPN [49, 50]. On the contrary, the US reported that peripheral neuropathy was significantly higher among statin users than non-users [51].

Elevated glycated lipoproteins, as well as serum-free fatty acids, contribute to the DPN development as well as progression [47]. Smoking is accompanied by systemic inflammation, endothelial dysfunction, and oxidative stress [52, 53], which elevate the risk of nerve damage. Smoking may directly induce DPN via hypoxia and microvascular affection.

DPN cases had significantly higher scores for the satisfaction domain and overall scores of QoL and non-significantly higher impact and worries scores, indicating that the presence of DPN impairs satisfaction domains which in turn derives patients from abandoning compliance to lifestyle, exercise, and management plans, impairing glycemic control and elevates DPN-related risks. Patients with DPN had significantly higher scores (impaired QoL), which is consistent with the findings of prior studies [54].

Limitation of the study

The study had some limitations such as being cross sectional study provides only association not precise casual relationship, relatively small sample size and that we included accidentally diagnosed patients so we can not accurately assess disease duration. So, we recommend doing large-scale prospective multi-center studies including pre-diabetic patients which can be followed up till development of disease so we can establish relationship.

Conclusion

This study reveals that a large proportion of type 2 DM patients with DPN at the time of diagnosis adversely impact health-related QoL. Good glycemic control, normal lipid profile, normal BMI, and smoking cessation can decrease such risk. In addition, proper screening strategies are recommended for patients with diabetes at the time of diagnosis, starting with diabetic DNS, which can be applied in primary health care units and Family health units. Those with higher scores can be referred for further NCS to confirm the diagnosis. Strict adherence to therapy and lifestyle modifications should be evaluated at each visit to the Family Health Unit to prevent further complications.

Availability of data and materials

The datasets generated and/or analyzed during this study are not publicly available due to patients’ privacy, but are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Abbreviations

BMI:

Body mass index

CMAP:

Compound muscle action potential

CV:

Conduction velocity

DL:

Distal latency

DM:

Diabetes mellitus

DNS:

Diabetic neuropathy symptom

DQoL:

Diabetic quality of life

DPN:

Diabetic peripheral neuropathy

FBS:

Fasting blood sugar

LLN:

Lower limit of normal

NCS:

Nerve conduction studies

2-hpp:

Two hour post-prandial

HbA1c:

Hemoglobin A1c

HDL-C:

High levels of density lipoprotein cholesterol

PN:

Peripheral neuropathy

QoL:

Quality of life

TG:

Triglycerides

ULN:

Upper limit of normal

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    Mona M. El-Bably, Mohamed M. Metwaly & Samia M. Rashad

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    Amany M. Abdallah

  3. Internal Medicine, Allergy and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Abbasiya sq. Cairo, Khalifa El-Maamon St, Egypt

    Amira R. El Mahdi

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MM recruited patients, performed nerve conduction studies, and generated the result sheets. AM underwent data tabulation and statistical analysis, and interpreted the patient’s data and wrote the final results. MMM recruited patients, carried out clinical examination and assessment, and revised data interpretation and manuscript. AR was the major contributor in writing and editing the manuscript and shared in patient’s recruitment and clinical assessment. SM designed the protocol, carried out the ethical approval, and data collection. All authors have agreed to conditions noted on the Authorship Agreement Form and have read and approved the final version submitted. The content of the manuscript has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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All procedures performed in the study were in accordance with the ethical standards of the faculty of medicine, Ain Shams university research and ethical committee. We obtained approval from Research Ethics Committee (REC) No. FWA 000017585. FMASU R 83/2022, On 26/5/2022. Written informed consent was obtained from participants for participation in this study.

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El-Bably, M.M., Abdallah, A.M., Metwaly, M.M. et al. Frequency and risk factors of abnormal nerve conduction studies in accidentally diagnosed diabetes. Egypt Rheumatol Rehabil 50, 25 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43166-023-00189-7

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