Table 1

Clinical features of patients

No	Sex	Age (y)	DM type/ duration (y)/ HbA1C (%)	Pain	Sensory Sx/ duration (months)	Motor Sx/ duration (months)	Trunk/vertex sensory loss	Autonomic Sx	Hypertension/ kidney/retina	Weight loss (kg)	CSF Protein (mg/dl)
1	F	42	I/20/8.5	No	LE/24	LE>UE/12	No/No	CV, GI, P	Yes/Yes/Yes	5	84
						asymmetric
2	M	52	II/14/8.7	No	LE>UE/6	LE>UE/3	Yes/No		No/No/Yes	10	170
						asymmteric
3	M	53	I/16/7.3	LB	UE>LE/24	LE>UE/4	Yes/Yes	CV, GI, P, S	Yes /Yes/Yes	14	76
						asymmetric
4	M	59	II/10/8.7	No	LE+UE/12	LE+UE+R/2	Yes/Yes	CV, GI, P, S	Yes/Yes/No	10	42
						symmetric
5	F	60	I/5/7.5	LB	UE>LE/6	LE>UE/3	No/No	CV	Yes/Yes/Yes	9	56
						asymmetric
6	M	60	II/10/8.3	LB	LE/4	LE>UE/6	No/No	GI	No/No/No	10	135
						symmetric
7	F	66	II/2/8.9	LE	LE/5	LE/4	No/No	CV, P	No/No/No	25	71
						asymmetric
8	F	71	II/18/9.8	LB, LE	LE/12	LE>UE/2	Yes/Yes		No/No/No	5	90
						symmetric
9	M	71	II/10/7.9	LE	LE/12	LE+UE+R/5	Yes/No	CV, S	Yes/No/No	14	125
						asymmetric
10	M	49	II/4/7.0	LB, LE	LE/24	LE+UE+F/18	Yes/No	CV, GI, P, S	No/Yes/No	19	176
						symmetric
11	F	42	I/36/10.4	LB	LE/12	LE+UE+F/7	Yes/Yes	CV, GI, P	No/Yes/Yes	9	128
						symmetric
12	M	66	II/5/8.3	LB	LE/6	LE>UE/4	Yes/No	CV, GI	No/No/No	12	53
						symmetric
13	F	72	II/4/8.1	LB, UE	LE+UE/9	LE+UE/4	Yes/No		No/No/No	13	73
						asymmetric
14	M	66	II/4/8.7	LB, LE	LE/5	LE>UE/5	Yes/No	CV, GI, S	No/Yes/No	10	150
						asymmetric
15	M	68	II/10/8.6	LB, LE	LE/4	LE>UE/3	No/No	CV, S	Yes/No/No	9	140
						symmetric

Sx=Symptoms and signs; LE/UE=lower/upper extremities; F=face; R=respiratory; LB=low back; CV=cardiovascular; P=pupils; GI=gastrointestinal; S=abnormal sweating