Resumen de Clinical factors associated with Charcot foot

Mohammed Al Mousa, Mahmoud Al Ardah, Jihad Al Ajlouni, Nidal Younes

• Charcot neuroarthropathy of the lower limb is a serious complication of diabetes, frequently resulting in gross deformity that is strongly associated with lower-limb amputation. In this comparative, case-controlled study, the authors sought to determine the clinical factors associated with Charcot among people with diabetes – and its incidence – at a large diabetes treatment centre in Jordan. Diabetes duration was found to be significantly longer among cases of Charcot than controls, and glycaemic control was found to be significantly better among controls than cases – whether measured by HbA1c level or fasting plasma glucose. The incidence of Charcot in the study population was found to be 1.9 cases/1000 people with diabetes.