Figures & data
Figure 1 Flow diagram of selection of patient cohort from GPRD.
Notes:
aThose who had acceptable quality data and were registered at any time during the total study period (July 1, 2002–June 30, 2011); bPatients with the following conditions were removed: patients with diabetic neuropathy but no pain relief prescriptions on the date of diabetic neuropathy code; patients with neuropathic pain but no diagnosis of diabetes recorded between July 1, 2002 and June 30, 2011; patients with neuralgia but no diagnosis of diabetes recorded between July 1, 2002 and June 30, 2011 and/or no pain relief prescriptions on the data of neuralgia code.
Abbreviations: GPRD, General Practice Research Database; DPNP, diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain; n, number.
Abbreviations: GPRD, General Practice Research Database; DPNP, diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain; n, number.
Table 1 Characteristics of patient cohort with incident DPNP
Table 2 Incidence of DPNP per 100,000 person-years (95% CI) by sex, age group, and time period
Table 3 Initial treatment prescribed for incident DPNP by type of medication and study period
Table S1 Read codes for diabetes
Table S2 Read codes for DPNP
Table S3 Read codes for DPNP screening