Early Detection of Atrophy of Foot Muscles in Chinese Patients of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by High-Frequency Ultrasonography

Table 1

Characteristics of the study groups.

	Control group	T2DM without DPN group	T2DM with DPN group
Number of cases	50	50	56
Age (years)
Sex (male/female)	25/25	26/24	30/26
BMI (kg/m^2)
Diabetes duration (years)*	—
HbA1C (%)*	—
Ankle brachial index^†
NSS^†
NDS^‡
VPT^‡
SWM^‡

Data are means ± SD. for T2DM without DPN versus T2DM with DPN; for control and T2DM without DPN versus T2DM with DPN; for control and T2DM without DPN versus T2DM with DPN. NSS: neuropathy symptom score; NDS: neuropathy disability score; VPT: vibration perception threshold; SWM: Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments.