Diagnostic accuracy of neuropathy tests in obese population remains elusive

In their article entitled 'Better diagnostic accuracy of neuropathy in obesity' Callaghan et al. pose an intriguing question, namely 'how well do the tools we use work for the actual population in which they are needed?' (Callaghan et al., 2018). With an ever expanding, obese and often diabetic or pre-diabetic population, this question is timely and critically important to answer; however, the methods used in their study and the conclusions are disappointingly flawed.

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