Open AccessEpidemiology of Trigger Finger: Metabolic Syndrome as a New Perspective of Associated Disease
Author(s) -
Helga Junot,
Anderson Hertz A F L,
Gustavo Vasconcelos G R,
Debora C Esquerdo C da Silveira,
Paulo Nelson B,
Saulo Fontes Almeida
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
hand
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1558-9455
pISSN - 1558-9447
DOI - 10.1177/1558944719867135
Subject(s) - medicine , metabolic syndrome , dyslipidemia , trigger finger , epidemiology , disease , incidence (geometry) , diabetes mellitus , national cholesterol education program , observational study , ring finger , index finger , pediatrics , physical therapy , pathology , alternative medicine , endocrinology , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , anatomy , optics , gene
Objective: The aim of this study was to identify the main diseases related to trigger finger. Methods: A retrospective, observational study was performed with data obtained through a computerized record of 75 patients with trigger finger diagnosis between July 2011 and October 2015. The diagnosis of metabolic syndrome was performed following National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (2001). Results: Patients' ages ranged from 50 to 84 years, with a mean age of 63 years. The ring finger was the most affected, followed by the middle finger, index finger, and little finger. Most had a grade 2 trigger finger classified by Green; the right hand involvement was more prevalent, as was the dominant hand. The incidence in women was twice as high as in men. Arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and dyslipidemia were shown to be important associated diseases, but metabolic syndrome was the main association found. Conclusions: Metabolic syndrome in the group of patients studied in this scientific article seems to be the main associated disease.