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- Relationship to Diabetes
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Erosive hand osteoarthritis (OA) patients are more likely to experience more severe pain if they have comorbid diabetes, according to research presented at the European League Against Rheumatism Annual Meeting held in June 2014, in Paris, France.
Researchers from Diakonhjemmet Hospital in Oslo, Norway used a subscale of the Australian-Canadian Osteoarthritis Hand Index (AUSCAN) to measure hand pain in 530 individuals. Most of the individuals included in the study were women (77.4 percent) and the median age was 63.4 years. The study participants self-reported OA and afterward were diagnosed with OA using American College of Rheumatology guidelines in 2010. Most of the patients (399 patients) were found to have non-erosive OA. - See more at: http://www.hcplive.com/articles/Hand-OA-Pain-Increased-in-Comorbid-Diabetes#sthash.Ly4NMNQl.dpuf
http://www.hcplive.com/articles/Hand-OA-Pain-Increased-in-Comorbid-Diabetes
Researchers from Diakonhjemmet Hospital in Oslo, Norway used a subscale of the Australian-Canadian Osteoarthritis Hand Index (AUSCAN) to measure hand pain in 530 individuals. Most of the individuals included in the study were women (77.4 percent) and the median age was 63.4 years. The study participants self-reported OA and afterward were diagnosed with OA using American College of Rheumatology guidelines in 2010. Most of the patients (399 patients) were found to have non-erosive OA. - See more at: http://www.hcplive.com/articles/Hand-OA-Pain-Increased-in-Comorbid-Diabetes#sthash.Ly4NMNQl.dpuf
http://www.hcplive.com/articles/Hand-OA-Pain-Increased-in-Comorbid-Diabetes