ArticleNeurology2011
Meralgia paresthetica: relation to obesity, advanced age, and diabetes mellitus.
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- Outcomes of lateral femoral cutaneous nerve decompression surgery in meralgia paraesthetica: assessment of pain, sensory deficits, and quality of life.International orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Spatial Distribution Dynamics of Sensory Disturbances in the Treatment of Obesity-Related Meralgia Paresthetica Using Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Advancing the Diagnosis of Diabetic Neuropathies: Electrodiagnostic and Skin Autofluorescence Methods.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Review
- Meralgia Paresthetica-An Approach Specific Neurological Complication in Patients Undergoing DAA Total Hip Replacement: Anatomical and Clinical Considerations.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Efficacy of Clinical Tests in the Diagnosis of Meralgia Paresthetica: A Case Control Study.Case reports in medicine · 2024Article
- Diagnostic Approach to Lower Limb Entrapment Neuropathies: A Narrative Literature Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Nerve entrapment syndromes of the lower limb: a pictorial review.Insights into imaging · 2023Review
- Meralgia Paresthetica: Relevance, Diagnosis, and Treatment.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2023Review
- Chiropractic management of bilateral meralgia paresthetica: a case report.The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the incidence of meralgia paresthetica (MP) and its relationship to diabetes mellitus (DM) and obesity.
methodsA population-based study was performed within Olmstead County Minnesota, from January 1, 1990, to December 31, 1999. MP incidence and its association with age, gender, body mass index (BMI), and DM were reviewed.
resultsA total of 262 patients with MP, 262 normal controls, and 262 BMI-matched normal controls with mean age of 50 years were identified (51% men). The age- and sex-adjusted incidence of MP was 32.6 per 100,000 patient years, whereas the incidence of MP in people with DM was 247 per 100,000 patient years, 7 times the occurrence of MP in the general population. Of the patients with MP, 28% had DM vs 17% of BMI-matched controls and the majority of people with MP developed DM after the diagnosis of MP. Patients with MP are 2 times more likely to develop DM (odds ratio 2, 95% confidence interval 1.3-3.0, p = 0.0027). The mean BMI of patients with MP (30.1 kg/m(2), obese class I) was significantly higher than that of age- and gender-matched controls (27.3 kg/m(2), overweight). MP incidence increased 12.9 per 100,000 patient years in the hemidecade study period with an associated increase in both BMI (2.2 kg/m(2)) and average age (3 years).
conclusionsMP is a frequent painful neuropathy associated with obesity, advancing age, and DM. The incidence rate of MP is predicted to increase as these demographics increase in world populations. Because MP associates with DM beyond weight- and age-matched controls, more aggressive counseling of these patients in prevention of DM may be warranted.
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