Research Article
Early Detection of Atrophy of Foot Muscles in Chinese Patients of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by High-Frequency Ultrasonography
Table 2
Measured foot muscle atrophy in Chinese diabetic patients and the matched control subjects.
| | | Control group
() | T2DM without DPN group
() | T2DM with DPN group
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| | EDB transverse diameter (mm) | 75.85 ± 9.03 | 66.93 ± 9.28& | 53.95 ± 11.05*# | EDB thickness
(mm) | 7.16 ± 0.94 | 6.91 ± 0.97 | 5.61 ± 0.90*# | | EDB cross-sectional area (mm2) | 165.42 ± 32.86 | 138.10 ± 39.26& | 90.40 ± 29.90*# | MILs thickness
(mm) | 34.32 ± 1.93 | 32.16 ± 2.86& | 30.07 ± 2.85*# |
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* and & stand for comparison with the control group, ; # stands for comparison with the group of T2DM without DPN, .
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