Four-year sequential nerve conduction changes since first visit in Japanese patients with early type 2 diabetes.

Aims/introduction: Despite being the most common complication of diabetes, the pattern of clinical development of diabetic neuropathy is not well-known. In the present study, we retrospectively examined sequential changes in nerve conduction studies (NCS) for 4 years to characterize the way neuropathic changes develop in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Materials And Methods: We randomly selected 158 patients with type 2 diabetes who newly visited Naka Memorial Clinic, Ibaraki, Japan, and underwent serial 4-year NCS.