Browsing by Author "Aderibigbe, Sunday A."
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Item The relationship between obesity and peripheral arterial disease in adult Nigerian diabetics(The Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2014) Oyelade, Bolaji Oyetunde; OlaOlorun, Akintayo D.; Odeigah, Louis O.; Amole, Isaac O.; Aderibigbe, Sunday A.Aims and Objectives: The aim was to identify any relationship between obesity and peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in diabetic subjects. Subjects and methods: Male and female diabetic subjects aged 50-89 years. Body mass index (BMI) was used to estimate total body weight and the waist-tohip ratio (WHR) as well as waist circumference (WC) were used for abdominal fat distribution estimation. Peripheral arterial disease was defined by an ankle brachial index <0.9. Results: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) was observed in 52.5% of the subjects. BMI, WHR and WC did not correlate with PAD. Conclusion: None of the parameters (i.e BMI, WHR and WC) used to assess the relationship between obesity and PAD was found to correlate with PAD.