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Table 2 Differences in mean echogenicity (expressed in z-score) of painful shoulders in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and patients without diabetes mellitus from reference valuesa

From: Shoulder muscle changes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who have a painful shoulder: a quantitative muscle ultrasound study

 

Painful shoulders

Type 2 diabetes mellitus

n = 93

Without diabetes mellitus

n = 26

Z-score

Mean

95% CI

P-value

Mean

95% CI

P-value

Supraspinatus

0.8

0.4, 1.1

< 0.001

0.6

0.2, 0.9

0.009

Infraspinatus

1.2

0.6, 1.6

< 0.001

0.9

0.3, 1.4

0.006

Deltoid

1.0

0.5, 1.5

< 0.001

1.0

0.3, 1.7

0.006

Biceps brachii

1.1

0.7, 1.5

< 0.001

1.0

0.4, 1.7

0.004

  1. a no significant difference between patients with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus was found (all p-values ≥0.201)
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