The relationship between obesity and peripheral arterial disease in adult Nigerian diabetics
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2014
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The Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal
Abstract
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.
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Obesity, peripheral arterial disease, diabetes, body mass index, waist hip ratio, waist circumference