Abnormal skin in toe webs is a marker for abnormal glucose metabolism. A cross-sectional survey among 1,849 adults in Finland

Diabetes is undiagnosed disease and easy screening tools for it are warranted. Because foot complications are usual in diabetes, we aimed to test hypothesis that skin abnormalities are found already from patients who are not aware of having diabetes, by studying the possible association between unhe...

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Published in:	Scientific reports Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 9125 - 8
Main Authors:	Sinikumpu, Suvi-Päivikki, Auvinen, Juha, Jokelainen, Jari, Huilaja, Laura, Puukka, Katri, Ruokonen, Aimo, Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka, Tasanen, Kaisa, Timonen, Markku
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 22.08.2017 Nature Publishing Group Nature Portfolio
Subjects:	14/56 692/163/2743/137/138 692/163/2743/137/773 692/1807/1812 692/699/4033 Cross-sectional studies Diabetes Diabetes mellitus Feet Glucose Glucose metabolism Glucose tolerance Hemoglobin Humanities and Social Sciences Metabolism multidisciplinary Science Science (multidisciplinary) Skin Skin tests Toe Finland
ISSN:	2045-2322, 2045-2322
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