CHARACTERISTICS OF HOMOCYSTEINE LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS WITH FOOT ULCERS

Bùi Thế Long1,, Đoàn Văn Đệ2, Bùi Mỹ Hạnh3
1 National Hospital of Endocrinology
2 Vietnam Military Medical University
3 Hanoi Medical University

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Objectives: Study on level of homocysteine (Hcy) in patients with type 2 diabetes with foot ulcers. Subjects and study methods: 401 subjects were inpatients being treated at the National Hospital of Endocrinology since November 2014 (47 patients in the control group, 176 patients with type 2 diabetes with foot ulcers and 178 patients with type 2 diabetes without foot ulcers.). Research Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study. Results: The average concentration of Homocytein in the control group was 7.49± 1.25; diabetes group without foot ulcers 9.38 ± 4.96 and diabetes with foot ulcers 12.69 ± 4.91 (p < 0.001). Homocysteine concentrations were higher in man than in woman (diabetes with foot ulcers: woman 13.66 ± 4.86 vs man 11.27 ± 4.66; diabetes without foot ulcer: woman 10.43 ± 5.34 vs man 8.70 ± 2.76; p<0.05). Homocysteine concentrations in hypertensive patients were higher than those without hypertension (diabetes with foot ulcers: hypertension 13.28 ± 5.04 vs non-hypertension 11.16 ± 4.23; diabetes without foot ulcers: hypertension 10.59 ± 5.29 vs non-hypertension 8.39 ± 2.23; p < 0.05). Conclusion: Homocysteine levels in the diabetic foot ulcer group were higher than in the diabetic foot without ulcer group and the control group. Homocysteine levels are higher in men than in women; hypertensive patients higher than non-hypertensive patients.

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