QUANTITATIVE VIBRATION PERCEPTION THRESHOLDS IN NORMAL AND DIABETIC CHINESE: INFLUENCE OF AGE, HEIGHT AND BODY MASS INDEX
Resource
NEUROEPIDEMIOLOGY v.21 n.6 pp.271-278
Journal
NEUROEPIDEMIOLOGY
Journal Volume
v.21
Journal Issue
n.6
Pages
271-278
Date Issued
2002
Date
2002
Author(s)
HWU, CHII-MIN
HO, LO-TONE
PAN, WEN-HAM
Abstract
In this study, we established normality data of vibration
perception thresholds (VPT) in a Chinese population. Over 1,
400 healthy subjects were recruited to create age-related
centile, charts of VPT after pretesting for reliability.
Another 273 diabetic (DM) patients were recruited to assess
the impact of age, height and body mass index (BMI) on VPT
values in DM and non-DM subjects. The present study is the
first one which reports normality data of VPT from a large
Chinese population. The VPT values were higher in male and
female DM patients than in the non-DM counterparts. Age
significantly contributed to the variance of VPT in both DM
and non-DM subjects. Height was positively associated with
VPT in men, so was BM in non-DM subjects with much smaller
magnitudes of effect than for age. Copyright (C) 2002 S.
Karger AG, Basel.
Subjects
vibration perception thresholds
Chinese
age
height
body mass index
diabetic neuropathy
SDGs
Type
journal article