@article{article_317664, title={Relationship Between Duration of Diabetes, HbA1c Levels and Olfactory Dysfunction in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Pilot Study}, journal={The Journal of Kırıkkale University Faculty of Medicine}, volume={19}, pages={91–94}, year={2017}, DOI={10.24938/kutfd.317664}, author={Demirkol, Muhammed Emin and Ögün, Muhammed Nur and Yoldaş, Hamit and Karagöz, İbrahim and Çalışkan, Duygu}, keywords={The Brief Smell Test,Diabetes,HbA1c,Olfactory Dysfunction}, abstract={<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;"> <b> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;">Introduction: </span> </b> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;"> </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;">We
aimed to investigate whether duration of diabetes and HbA1c levels in patients
with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) are associated with olfactory dysfunction. </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;"> </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;"> <b> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;">Material and Methods: </span> </b> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;"> </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;">Fifty
patients with prior Type 2 DM diagnoses under antidiabetic treatment were
included to the study. We used the Turkish version of The Brief Smell Identification
Test (B-SIT) including 12 different odorants to test the odor functions of
patients. Age, weight, height, HbA1C levels, duration of diabetes and test
results of the patients participating in the study were recorded and necessary
analysis was performed. p value <0.05 was considered statistically
significant. </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;"> </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;"> <b> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;">Results: </span> </b> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;"> </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;">There was no significant
correlation between duration of diabetes and HbA1c levels and B-SIT scores. </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;"> </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;"> </p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;"> <b> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;">Conclusion: </span> </b> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;"> </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;">In
order to confirm our findings further studies with larger sample sizes, with
patients with longer duration of DM are needed. </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;"> </span> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>}, number={2}, publisher={Kirikkale University}