Long term Type 1 is not linked to osteoarthritis of hand
By Lisa Foster-McNulty, MSN, RN, CDE
Karin Magnusson of the National Advisory Unit on Rehabilitation in Rheumatology and the Department of Rheumatology at Diakonhjemmet Hospital in Oslo, Norway, conducted a study with her colleagues on 96 subjects who were diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes prior to 1970. Their average age and A1c were 62.2 years and 7.43%, respectively. These subjects were compared to 69 control subjects without a diagnosis of diabetes.
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Reference:
Magnusson K, Holte KB, Juel NG, et al. Long term types 1 diabetes is associated with hand pain, disability and stiffness but not with structural hand osteoarthritis features – The Dialong hand study. PLoS One. 2017. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0177118
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