INCREASED ASSOCIATION OF DIABETES-MELLITUS WITH CAPSULITIS OF SHOULDER AND SHOULDER-HAND SYNDROME

  • 1 January 1977
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 6  (1) , 53-56
Abstract
Consecutive patients (60) with capsulitis of the shoulder (including those with shoulder-hand syndrome) seen since 1971 underwent an oral glucose tolerance test [OGTT] 5 with previously recognized diabetes were excluded from this test). Capsulitis was primary in 35, secondary to other factors in 25 subjects. Females (34) outnumbered males (26). Their ages ranged from 40-74 yr (mean age: 54 yr. Sixty control subjects matched for age and sex with the 60 capsulitis patients underwent the same OGTT (except 1 with previously recognized diabetes). Diabetes was found in 17 out of the 60 patients with capsulitis according to Hayner''s criteria (12 according to Jackson''s criteria) vs. 7 (2 according to Jackson''s criteria) in the 60 control subjects. The difference is statistically significant by both methods, with a P value of < 0.02.