A Study of Prevalence and Association of Risk Factors for Diabetic Vasculopathy in an Urban Area of Gujarat

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is an aftermath of type 2 diabetes posing a significant health problem in developing countries. Its silent progression warrants presymptomatic screening by ankle brachial index (ABI), which cannot be applied to the whole population. We tried to measure the burden of...

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Published in:Journal of family medicine and primary care 2013-10, Vol.2 (4), p.360-364
Main Authors: Solanki, Jayesh D, Makwana, Amit H, Mehta, Hemant B, Gokhale, Pradnya A, Shah, Chinmay J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ankle brachial index
Complications and side effects
Distribution
Health aspects
Metropolitan areas
Original
peripheral arterial disease
Peripheral vascular diseases
prevalence
risk factor
Risk factors
Type 2 diabetes
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Summary:Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is an aftermath of type 2 diabetes posing a significant health problem in developing countries. Its silent progression warrants presymptomatic screening by ankle brachial index (ABI), which cannot be applied to the whole population. We tried to measure the burden of PAD in diabetics of this region correlating various risk factors for it quantitatively and qualitatively. From various out-patient departments, 110 known under treatment type 2 diabetics were recruited. They underwent thorough assessment for general, symptomatic, medical history and risk factor screening that included 11 well-known risk factors. ABI was measured by Versadop instrument using the standard protocol with ABI
ISSN:2249-4863
2278-7135
DOI:10.4103/2249-4863.123906