PMID- 29590256 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180425 LR - 20181202 IS - 1414-431X (Electronic) IS - 0100-879X (Print) IS - 0100-879X (Linking) VI - 51 IP - 5 DP - 2018 Mar 26 TI - Unsteady walking as a symptom in type 2 diabetes mellitus: independent association with depression and sedentary lifestyle and no association with diabetic neuropathy. PG - e6605 LID - S0100-879X2018000500613 [pii] LID - 10.1590/1414-431X20186605 [doi] LID - e6605 AB - The purpose of this study was to look at the determinants of the unsteady walking (UW) symptom in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) by defining if UW and/or the Diabetic Neuropathy Symptoms Score (DNSS) are associated with positive scores in Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI) and with a positive Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument score (MNSI). We evaluated 203 T2DM patients without visible gait disturbances. They were divided into UW (+) and UW (-) or DNSS (+) and DNSS (-) according to symptoms. We found a prevalence of 48.3% for UW (+) and of 63% for DNSS (+) in our sample. In univariate analysis, the presence of UW was significantly associated with waist circumference (P=0.024), number of comorbidities (P=0.012), not practicing physical exercise (P=0.011), positive BDI score (P=0.003), presence of neuropathic symptoms by the MNSI questionnaire (P<0.001), and positive diabetic neuropathy screening by MNSI (P=0.021). In multivariate analysis, UW (used as a dependent variable) was independently associated with a positive BDI score (P<0.001; 95%CI=1.01-1.03), T2DM duration (P=0.023; 95%CI=1.00-1.03), number of co-morbidities (P=0.032; 95%CI=1.01-1.37), and a sedentary lifestyle (P=0.025; 95%CI=1.06-2.5). The UW symptom and a positive DNSS are more closely related to a positive score for depression than to presence of neuropathy in T2DM. FAU - Dias, L S AU - Dias LS AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias da Saude, Ginecologia e Obstetricia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias da Saude, Universidade Federal de Ciencias da Saude de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. FAU - Nienov, O H AU - Nienov OH AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias da Saude, Ginecologia e Obstetricia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. FAU - Goelzer Neto, C F AU - Goelzer Neto CF AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias da Saude, Universidade Federal de Ciencias da Saude de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. FAU - Schmid, H AU - Schmid H AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias da Saude, Ginecologia e Obstetricia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias da Saude, Universidade Federal de Ciencias da Saude de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. AD - Servico de Endocrinologia, Hospital Santa Casa de Misericordia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. AD - Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180326 PL - Brazil TA - Braz J Med Biol Res JT - Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas JID - 8112917 SB - IM MH - Cross-Sectional Studies MH - Depression/*psychology MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*complications MH - Diabetic Neuropathies/*complications/physiopathology/psychology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Mass Screening MH - Middle Aged MH - Prevalence MH - *Sedentary Behavior MH - Sensation Disorders/*etiology MH - Severity of Illness Index MH - Walking/*physiology PMC - PMC5886546 EDAT- 2018/03/29 06:00 MHDA- 2018/04/26 06:00 PMCR- 2018/03/26 CRDT- 2018/03/29 06:00 PHST- 2017/07/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/01/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/03/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/03/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/04/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/03/26 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0100-879X2018000500613 [pii] AID - 10.1590/1414-431X20186605 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Braz J Med Biol Res. 2018 Mar 26;51(5):e6605. doi: 10.1590/1414-431X20186605.