Oyelade, Bolaji OyetundeOlaOlorun, Akintayo D.Odeigah, Louis O.Amole, Isaac O.Aderibigbe, Sunday A.2021-12-162021-12-162014https://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/7221Aims 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.enObesityperipheral arterial diseasediabetesbody mass indexwaist hip ratiowaist circumferenceArticle