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Acta Neurológica Colombiana
Print version ISSN 0120-8748
Abstract
RUEDA-SANCHEZ, Mauricio and DIAZ-MARTINEZ, Luis Alfonso. Association between Essential Tremor and Diabetes Mellitus. A Case-Control Study. Acta Neurol Colomb. [online]. 2018, vol.34, n.4, pp.229-232. ISSN 0120-8748. https://doi.org/10.22379/24224022218.
INTRODUCTION:
The essential tremor is the most common tremor. It has not been described the association between diabetes and essential tremor. The objective of this case-control study is to document the association between diabetes mellitus and essential tremor.
METHODS:
It was carried out a case-control study in incident patients of clinical population with essential tremor, paired by age and gender, who they were interrogated the antecedent of diabetes mellitus. The OR was determined by means of conditioned logistical regression.
RESULTS:
262 cases of essential tremor and 262 controls were studied. The antecedent of diabetes mellitus was in 39 cases with essential tremor and in 24 controls, with an OR 2.15 (95 % CI 1.05 to 4.41).
DISCUSSION:
This case-control study in a clinical population shows that the patients with essential tremor have 2 times more probability of having the antecedent of diabetes mellitus.
Keywords : diabetes mellitus; essential tremor; case-control studies; comorbidity; odds ratio; risk factors (MeSH).
