Abstract
AIM: To compare the data of diabetic patients with diabetic gastrointestinal dysfunction and those without to identify factors associated with gastrointestinal dysfunction in patients with diabetes mellitus.
METHODS: One hundred and eighty diabetes mellitus patients treated from 2006 to 2015 at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University were included, including 80 with diabetic gastrointestinal dysfunction as a case group, and 100 without diabetic gastrointestinal dysfunction as a control group. The two groups were compared with regard to gender, age, medical history, islet function (C-peptide release test), glycosylated hemoglobin, fasting blood-glucose, 2 h postprandial blood glucose, diabetic complications (diabetic nephropathy, diabetic eye disease, coronary heart disease, diabetic ketosis and cerebral artery elasticity, peripheral vascular atherosclerosis, and diabetic peripheral neuropathy) and other related paramters.
RESULTS: There was no significant difference in sex distribution between the two groups (P = 0.083). C-peptide levels at 0, 1, and 2 h were significantly lower in the case group than in the control group (1.79 ng/mL ± 1.54 ng/mL vs 1.98 ng/mL ± 1.20 ng/mL, P = 0.367; 2.86 ng/mL ± 2.33 ng/mL vs 3.97 ng/mL ± 2.77 ng/mL, P = 0.05; 3.33 ng/mL ± 2.58 ng/mL vs 8.44 ng/mL ± 3.62 ng/mL, P < 0.001). Fasting blood glucose was lower in the case group than in the control group (8.53 mmol/L ± 3.61 mmol/L vs 9.10 mmol/L ± 3.70 mmol/L, P = 0.30). The proportions of patients with peripheral atherosclerosis and those with coronary heart disease in the case group were significantly higher than those in the control group (25% vs 7%, P = 0.01; 26.25% vs 24%, P = 0.73). The proportions of diabetic nephropathy, diabetes, eye diseases, diabetic ketosis, and peripheral neuropathy were also significantly higher in the case group than in the control group (37.5% vs 16%, P = 0.02; 45% vs 15%, P < 0.001; 22.5% vs 20%, P = 0.72; 51.25% vs 21%, P < 0.001).
CONCLUSION: The occurrence of diabetic gastrointestinal dysfunction is associated with islet function, history, coronary heart disease, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic eye disease, and peripheral neuropathy. Patients with poor islet function, long history of disease, complications like coronary heart disease, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic eye disease, and peripheral neuropathy are more likely to develop diabetic gastrointestinal disorders. However, diabetic gastrointestinal dysfunction has no significant correlation with age, glycosylated hemoglobin, fasting blood glucose, 2 h postprandial blood glucose, diabetes ketosis, or peripheral vascular atherosclerosis.
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