THE RELATION BETWEEN TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS, KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS AND ULTRASONOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENT OF FEMORAL CARTILAGE THICKNESS

Authors : Fulya BAKILAN, Burcu ORTANCA, Fezan MUTLU, Bilgen Mehpare ÖZER

Pages : 121-126

Doi:10.48176/esmj.2023.118

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Publication Date : 2023-07-28

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Aim: The aim of this study is 1-to determine the relation between knee osteoarthritis, ultrasonographic measurement of femoral cartilage thicknesses and type-2 diabetes,2-to investigate the effect of the related factors such as body mass index, abdominal waist circumference, HbA1c on this relationship. Methods: A total of 126 female patients was enrolled in this study and divided into two groups: according to presence insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Diabetes-Group); or absence insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Control-Group); of diabetes mellitus. Variables were age, hbA1c, body-mass index, waist circumference, visual analog scale, gait speed, short form-36, Kellgren-Lawrance Scale and ultrasonographic measurements of distal femoral cartilage thicknesses. Results: There was no significant difference between groups according to ultrasonography parameters which are correlated with nor HbA1c, nor body-mass-index and waist-circumference in both groups. Both body-mass indexinsert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r=0.422); and waist circumferenceinsert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r=0.423); were moderately correlated with Kellgren scores in Control-Group. In Diabetes-group, HbA1cinsert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r=0.404); and body-mass indexinsert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r=0.696); were moderately correlated with Kellgren-scores,moreover waist circumferenceinsert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r=0.791); was strongly correlated with Kellgren-scores. Conclusion: There was found a strong relation between type-2 diabetes mellitus and knee osteoarthritis, however there was found no relation between type-2 diabetes and ultrasonographic femoral cartilage thicknesses measurement. Furthermore abdominal obesity seems to contribute to this relation between type 2 diabetes and knee osteoarthritis more than HbA1c and body-mass index.
Keywords : Abdominal obezite, Diyabetes Mellitus, Femoral kartilaj kalınlık, Osteoartrit, Yaşam kalitesi