Table 5.: Selected estimates of the prevalence of DISH in patients with abnormal glucose tolerance, including type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Author No. of Patients Criteria for Abnormal GT Dish Dish Criteria Comment
Boulet et al. [1954] [29] 265 persons All diabetics 7% “Forestier” No controls
Ott et al. [1963] [44] 82 persons, “mainly men” NS 50% “Forestier” “Usually old, benign diabetes”
Hajkova et al. [1965] [57] 83 F, 18 M NS 41% F
33% M
NS No controls; age of patient & duration of diabetes increase likelihood of DISH
Julkunen et al. [1966] [58] 510 persons Abnormal fasting BSL 13% Julkunen Overall prevalence
Julkunen et al. [1966] [58] 122 persons age 60-69 Abnormal fasting BSL 21% Julkunen Control group 4% DISH in 148 non diabetics
Julkunen et al. [1968] [59] 83 Db M
1175 non-Db M
Existing Db or 2 hour GTT abnormal 4.8%
1.6%
Julkunen Not significantly different, younger policemen
Schoen et al. [1969] [30] 507 persons
age > 30 yrs
“Overt or latent diabetes” 25% NS-lateral Xray thoracic spine Control group of 347 non-diabetics, age > 50 yrs - 2.6% DISH
Ott et al. [1967] [46] 105 persons NS 44% NS- lateral CXR No controls
Lequesne (1970) 52 NS 29% “Forestier” 13% in 46 “controls”
Coaccioli et al. [2000] [38] 170 “consecutive subjects” – 130 patients and 40 normal subjects 30 T1DM
30 obese T2DM
20 non-obese T2DM
18 IGT
32 obese [BMI> 30]
40 normal subjects
26.6%
40.0%
30.0%
22.2%
37.5%
2.5%
Utsinger Obese persons and obese diabetics had highest percentage of DISH. Statistics not presented, but DISH said to be statistically increased in these groups.
Sencan et al. [2005] [60] 133 T2 DM outpatients
133 age, sex, weight –matched, outpatient controls
All Type 2 diabetics 12.0% in T2DM, 6.8% in Controls
[NS - p>0.05]
Resnick Mean weight 67.7 and 65.4 kgs, respectively

M = males, F = females, NS = not stated, BSL = blood sugar level, DB = diabetic, GTT = glucose tolerance test, CXR = chest X-Ray, “Forestier” indicates that diagnosis based on typical features of Forestier et al. description [11], T2DM = Type 2 diabetes mellitus, kgs = kilograms.